Dorothea Jordan Dorothea Jordan Dorothea Jordan (22 November 17615 July 1816) also known interchangeably as Mrs Jordan, and previously Miss Francis or Miss Bland, was an Anglo-Irish actress, courtesan, and the mistress and companion of the future King William IV of the United Kingdom, for 20 years while he was Duke of Clarence. Together they had ten illegitimate children, all of whom took the surname "FitzClarence". Dorothea (often called Dorothy or Dora) Bland was born near Waterford, Ireland, on 22 November 1761, and was baptised at St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex, on 5 December of that year. She was the third
Dorothea Waley Singer alchemical manuscripts was published in 1924 by Union Académique Internationale, focussing on the Greek manuscripts. A further three volumes were published in the years up to 1931, dealing with Latin and vernacular manuscripts. The full calendar of manuscripts is now stored in the British Library as the Singer Collection. Together with her husband, she was co-awarded the George Sarton Medal in 1956. Dorothea Waley Singer Dorothea Waley Singer, b. Cohen (1882–1964) was a historian of science, and the first president of the British Society for the History of Science. Dorothea Waley Cohen was born on 17 December 1882. Her father