Whiting, Sarah Frances

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Dates:
Birth 1847-08-23
Death 1927-09-12
Birth 1864
Death 1927

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Physicist, astronomer, and educator.

From the description of Papers, 1859-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81640505

Physicist, astronomer and educator. Professor of physics, Wellesley College from 1879, director of Whitin Observatory from 1904.

From the description of Letters to Sarah Frances Whiting concerning her tour of physics laboratories in England, the Netherlands, and Germany, 1883-1890. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81574246

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  • Universities and colleges
  • Lectures and lecturing
  • Physical laboratories
  • Physics
  • Science
  • Scientists
  • Women physicists

Occupations:

  • Educators
  • Physicists
  • Women in science
  • Women physicists
  • Women scientists
  • Women scientists
  • Women scientists

Places:

  • United States--Massachusetts (as recorded)
  • Europe (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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