Mary Ward
Scientist, Author
1827 – 1869
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Who was Mary Ward?
Mary Ward was an Anglo-Irish amateur scientist who was killed when she fell under the wheels of an experimental steam car built by her cousins. As the event occurred in 1869, she is the world's first known fatal motor vehicle accident victim.
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- Born
- Apr 27, 1827
County Offaly - Spouses
- Henry Ward, 5th Viscount Bangor
(1854/12/06 - )
- Henry Ward, 5th Viscount Bangor
- Nationality
- Republic of Ireland
- Profession
- Died
- Aug 31, 1869
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on July 23, 2013
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