Douglas, A. Vibert (Allie Vibert), 1894-1988

Douglas received her B.A. and M.Sc from McGill in 1920 and 1921. An interval as statistician at the British war office during World War I earned her the M.B.E. Her studies at Cambridge under Sir Arthur Eddington (whose biographer she became) began Douglas's interest in astronomy. In 1925 she received her Ph.D. in astronomy where here research field wsa the spectropic study of the very hot A and B stars. 1925-1939, Douglas taught as McGill then moved to Queen's where she served as Dean of Women, 1939-1959, and Professor of astronomy from 1946. She retired in 1964 and died in 1988.

Astrophysicist. Lecturer in astrophysics, McGill University, 1923-1939; dean of women, professor of astronomy, Queen's (Ont), 1939-1964.

Douglas received her B.A. and M. Sc from McGill in 1920 and 1921. An interval as statistician at the British War Office during World War I earned her the M.B.E. Her studies at Cambridge under Sir Arthur Eddington (whose biographer she became) began Douglas's interest in astronomy. In 1925 she received her Ph. D. in astronomy where her research field was the spectropic study of the very hot A and B stars. 1925-1939, Douglas taught at McGill then moved to Queen's Unviersity where she served as Dean of women, 1939-1959, and Professor of Astronomy from 1946. She retired in 1964 and died in 1988.