Gaposchkin, Cecilia Helena Payne, 1900-
Celilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin (1900-1979) taught astronomy at Harvard. She earned her AB at Newnham College, Cambridge University in 1923 and a Ph.D. from Radcliffe College in 1925. She began working at the Harvard Observatory in 1923. She was the Phillips Astronomer at the Harvard Observatory in 1938, Professor of Astronomy, 1956-1966, Chair of the Astronomy Department, 1956-1960 (the first female department Chair at Harvard) and Phillips Professor of Astronomy, Emerita, from 1967; at the time of her retirement from Harvard, she joined the staff of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
From the description of Papers of Cecilia Helena Payne-Gaposchkin, 1924, ca. 1950's-1970's, 2000. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973263
...
| Publication Date | Publishing Account | Status | Note | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2021-07-27 10:07:17 am |
Jerry Simmons (Personal) |
tombstone |
{ "action": "merge", "icids": [ "85615077" ], "arks": [ "http:\/\/n2t.net\/ark:\/99166\/w6f010vf" ] } |
|
2016-08-11 02:08:17 am |
System Service |
published |
||
2016-08-11 02:08:16 am |
System Service |
ingest cpf |
Initial ingest from EAC-CPF |
|
