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Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin
Cecilia Helena Payne
British-born American astronomer.
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Statements about
Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin
Sex or Gender
Female
Occupation
Astronomer
University Teacher
Astrophysicist
Place of Birth
Wendover
Place of Death
Cambridge
Country of Citizenship
United Kingdom
United States
(1931 - )
Start Time
:
1931
Date of Birth
5/10/1900
Date of Death
12/7/1979
Instance Of
Human
Image
Educated At
Harvard University
(1923 - 1925)
Start Time
:
1923
End Time
:
1925
Radcliffe College
(1925 - )
Academic Degree
:
Doctorate
Start Time
:
1925
St Paul's Girls' School
(1918 - 1919)
Start Time
:
1918
End Time
:
1919
Newnham College
(1919 - 1923)
Start Time
:
1919
End Time
:
1923
University of Cambridge
Employer
Harvard University
Harvard College Observatory
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Given Name
Cecilia
Series Ordinal
:
1
Helena
Series Ordinal
:
2
Member Of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Philosophical Society
(1936 - )
Start Time
:
1936
American Astronomical Society
Doctoral Advisor
Harlow Shapley
Arthur Eddington
Award Received
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
(1976)
Point in Time
:
1976
Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy
(1934)
Point in Time
:
1934
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
(1943)
Point in Time
:
1943
Manner of Death
Natural Causes
Described at URL
https://www.aip.org/history-programs ...
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
English
Field of Work
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Star
Milky Way
Variable Star
Sibling
Humfry Payne
Family Name
Payne
Father
Described by Source
Forgotten Women: The Scientists
Page(s)
:
22-25
Women In Science
Page(s)
:
50-51
Q125459804
Astronomers: A Biographical Reference
Professorship
Full Professor
Residence
Lexington
Spouse
Cause of Death
Cancer
Place of Burial
Pine Hill Cemetery
Coordinate Location
:
42.5939°N 71.2356°W
Academic Thesis
Relative
Dilys Powell
Kinship to Subject
:
Sister-in-Law
Religion or Worldview
Agnosticism
Birth Name
Cecilia Helena Payne
Name in Native Language
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: Astronomer Extraordinaire
Cecilia Payne‐Gaposchkin
Stellar Atmospheres
(1925)
URL
:
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Work Available at URL
:
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Point in Time
:
1925
Edward John Payne
Stellar Astronomy
Rittenhouse Medal
(1961)
Sergei Gaposchkin
(1934 - )
Cecilia Gaposchkin
Point in Time
:
1961
Start Time
:
1934
Kinship to Subject
:
Granddaughter
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