The new £50 note scientist nomination

[Stephen T Kelly]

Dear fellow members

As you will be aware there is currently a ballot by the Bank of England to decide who should be on the new £50 note

and it has been stated that it should be a scientist.

clearly Stephen Hawking will be a popular choice but i have submitted the following nomination and i would suggest that other

BAA members might also like to support one of our own .

“Alice Grace Cook (18/02/1877-27/05/1958) who was an astronomer who headed the BAA’s Meteor Section and discovered the

the Nova V603 Aquilae in 1918.”

Entries are open until 14th December 2018 at-

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/50-pound-notee

Regards

Stephen Thomas Kelly

[Author]

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