Biography:Amye Everard Ball

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Short description: First woman in England to be granted a patent


Amye Everard Ball was the first woman in England to be granted a patent. Her patent for tincture of saffron was registered in 1637, merely 76 years after Elizabeth I had awarded the first patent. The original patent registration is held at the British Library.[1][2] [3]

References

  1. Jaffe, Deborah (2003). Ingenious Women. Sutton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0750930314. 
  2. Evans-Pugh, Christine. "Engineering's most ingenious women (16 May 2011)". http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2011/05/ingenious-women.cfm. Retrieved July 21, 2016. 
  3. Evans-Pughe, Christine (May 16, 2011). "Engineering's most ingenious women". https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2011/05/engineerings-most-ingenious-women/.