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Martha Evans Martin

d. 1925

An early-20th-century American writer remembered for clear, approachable books, she brought subjects like astronomy to general readers in a warm, inviting way.

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The Ways of the Planets

The Ways of the Planets

by Martha Evans Martin

About the author

Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, on January 30, 1861, Martha Evans Martin was an American writer whose work reached readers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Reference records identify her as a writer, and her books include The Friendly Stars (1907), a popular astronomy title written for a broad audience.

Her writing is notable for making big ideas feel friendly and readable. Rather than treating science as distant or difficult, she presented it in a style that welcomed curious non-specialists, which helps explain why her work still appears in library and archive collections today.

Available authority records confirm that she died in 1925. I could confirm the main outline of her life and work, but I did not find enough reliable biographical detail online to say much more with confidence.