<sod>'''Frances Elizabeth Somerville Alexander''' (''née'' '''Caldwell'''; 13 December 1908 – 15 October 1958), better known as '''Elizabeth Alexander''', was a British geologist and physicist, who made a brief contribution to [[radio astronomy]].{{dubious|How can you "contribute" by (locally) publishing what has become common knowledge?|date=April 2016}} Alexander earned her PhD from [[Newnham College, Cambridge]] and worked in Radio Direction Finding at Singapore Naval Base from 1938 to 1941. In January 1941, she evacuated to New Zealand on Navy orders where she took up the post of Head of Operations Research in New Zealand's Radio Development Lab, Wellington. In 1945, Alexander correctly interpreted that anomalous [[radar]] signals picked up on [[Norfolk Island]] were caused by the sun. This interpretation was pioneering work in the field of [[radio astronomy]],{{sfn|Sullivan|2009|p=75}} making her one of the first women scientists to work in that field, albeit briefly.<eod>
<sod>'''Frances Elizabeth Somerville Alexander''' (''née'' '''Caldwell'''; 13 December 1908 – 15 October 1958), better known as '''Elizabeth Alexander''', was a British geologist and physicist, who made a brief contribution to [[radio astronomy]]. Alexander earned her PhD from [[Newnham College, Cambridge]] and worked in Radio Direction Finding at Singapore Naval Base from 1938 to 1941. In January 1941, she evacuated to New Zealand on Navy orders where she took up the post of Head of Operations Research in New Zealand's Radio Development Lab, Wellington. In 1945, Alexander correctly interpreted that anomalous [[radar]] signals picked up on [[Norfolk Island]] were caused by the sun. This interpretation was pioneering work in the field of [[radio astronomy]],{{sfn|Sullivan|2009|p=75}} making her one of the first women scientists to work in that field, albeit briefly.<eod>