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Family and Early Life
Margarey Lindsay Huggins was part of a family of four, Margaret, her brother, Robert Douglas, her Father, John Murray and her Mother, Helen Lindsay. Her father, John, was a solicitor who attended Edinburgh Academy Becker, B.J. (2011). Unravelling Starlight: William and Margaret Huggins and the Rise of the New Astronomy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. . Maragret's younger brother by three years, Robert Douglas, attended Edinburgh Academy at the age of twelve, and then attended further education in Trinity College, Dublin in his later years. The family home was a Georgian style townhouse, located in 23 Longford Terrace in Dun Laoghaire.

Margaret's grandfather, Robert Murray, was a very important figure in her life. He was a wealthy bank officer of Bank of Ireland but also had the hobbie of astronomy. From a young age Margaret had a keen interest in astronomy as a result of the relationship between herself and her grandfather. When she was a young girl her grandfather brought her outdoors in the afternoons and evenings, and taught her about all the constellations and how they can be identified. These precious moments is what inspired her to be an astronomist, and therefore attended private school in Brighton from a young age.

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