Papers, 1917-1982 (inclusive).

Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973

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Harvard College Observatory

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In 1839, the Harvard Corporation appointed William Cranch Bond the first Astronomical Observer to the University, thereby taking the first step in establishing the Harvard College Observatory, after which the first telescope was installed in 1847. Scholars and students had studied astronomy at Harvard since the seventeenth century, but it wasn’t until a large comet sparked public interest in 1843 that donors began donating funds to build an observatory. During the tenure of the Harvar...

Hamilton, Alice

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Following is a chronology of AH's life and work. For further information, see Notable American Women: The Modern Period and AH's autobiography , Exploring the Dangerous Trades (Boston: Little, Brown, 1942). See also Hamilton family papers (MC 278), available on microfilm (M-24). 1869 1886 -born in New York city; raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana ...

Gaposchkin, Cecilia Helena Payne, 1900-1979

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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 tim...

Boyd, Constance.

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Swope, Mary Hill

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Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories

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Swope, Gerard, 1872-1957

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Electrical engineer. From the description of Reminiscences of Gerard Swope : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309735130 ...

Swope, John Wilson

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Hamilton, Edith, 1867-1963

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Classicist (Bryn Mawr College, A.B. and A.M., 1894), Hamilton was headmistress of the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore (1896-1922), and an author and translator of numerous books, including The Greek Way (1930) and The Roman Way (1932). From the description of Papers, 1922-1961 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122565735 ...

Burbridge, Eleanor Margaret.

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Swope, Gerard, 1905-

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Cannon, Annie Jump, 1863-1941

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Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941) was the first astronomer to systematically classify the stars. She classified stars according to their stellar spectra using a procedure set up by Williamina Fleming. She is credited with classifying 400,000 stellar bodies and discovering more than 300 variable stars, 5 novae, and one spectroscopic binary. After earning a B.S. at Wellesley College in 1884, she spent the next ten years both at home and travelling abroad. She returned to Wellesley in 1894 for graduate...

Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972

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Astronomer (galaxies, photometry, spectroscopy) and administrator. Astronomer, Mount Wilson Observatory, 1914-1921; director, Harvard Observatory, 1921-1952; on the astronomy faculty at Harvard from 1952. From the description of Papers [microform], 1910-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80523781 Harlow Shapley (1885-1972) was an astronomer. Shapley served as director of the Harvard College Observatory and was a professor at Harvard University, eventually he became the Pai...

Baade, Walter, 1893-1960

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Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade (1893-1960) was a German-born astronomer who joined the staff of the Mount Wilson Observatory in 1931. From the description of Papers of Walter Baade, 1915-1960. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122540492 ...

Hamilton, Margaret, 1871-1969.

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Harwood, Margaret, 1885-1979.

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Astronomer (Radcliffe, A.B., 1907; University of California, A.M., 1916), Harwood directed the Maria Mitchell Observatory (1916-1957) in Nantucket, Mass. From the description of Letters, 1930-1938 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122561829 Astronomer (Radcliffe, A.B., 1907, University of California, A.M., 1916), Harwood directed the Nantucket Maria Mitchell Observatory, (1916-1957). Her particular field was photometry, measuring variation in the light o...

McGuire, Dorothy, 1918-2001

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Bok, Bart J. (Bart Jan), 1906-1983

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Astronomer. Bok (1906-1983) was Director of the Mount Stromlo Observatory, Australia 1956-1966 and Director of the Steward Observatory, Tucson, Arizona from 1966. From the description of Oral history interview, 1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155006177 Bok taught astronomy at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Bart J. Bok, 1930-1957 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972980 Died 1983. From the description of...

Tekhniyon, Makhon ṭekhnologi le-Yiśraʼel.

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Barnard College

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Barnard College was given its first provisional charter by the Regents of the State of New York on Aug. 8, 1889. From the description of Barnard College charters and statutes, 1934-1988. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 275960020 Junior Month was a summer project in sociological theory and practice founded in 1917 and supervised by the Charity Organization Society of New York City. In a one month period juniors from twelve eastern colleges a...

Plaut, Lucas.

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Swope, Henrietta Hill, 1902-1982.

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Astronomer (Barnard College, A.B., 1926; Radcliffe, A.M., 1928), Swope worked at the Harvard Observatory, 1928-1942, was a member of the 1936 expedition to study the solar eclipse in Soviet Central Asia, a staff member of the MIT Radiation Laboratory, a mathematician in the Hydrographic Office of the U.S. Navy during WWII, a teacher of astronomy at Barnard, 1947-1952, and an assistant, then research fellow, at the Mt. Wilson and Palomar Observatories in California, 1952-1968. Swope did research ...

Swope, David, 1970-

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