Cecilia payne-gaposchkin autobiography
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
British-American astronomer (1900–1979)
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin FRAS | |
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| Born | Cecilia Helena Payne (1900-05-10)May 10, 1900 Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Died | December 7, 1979(1979-12-07) (aged 79) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Citizenship | British United States (from 1931) |
| Education | St Paul's Girls' School |
| Alma mater | Newnham College, Cambridge; Harvard University |
| Known for | Explanation of stellar spectra and composition of the Sun, more than 3,000,000 observations of variable stars |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy (1934), Rittenhouse Medal (1961), Award of Merit from Radcliffe College (1952), Henry Norris Russell Prize (1976) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy, astrophysics |
| Institutions | Harvard College Observatory, Harvard University |
| Thesis | Stellar Atmospheres: A contribution to the observational study of high temperature in the reversing la
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