Harlow Shapley

Harlow Shapley

male, deceased (1972)
University of Missouri, University of Missouri–Columbia, University of Missouri–Columbia alumni, unesco, contributor to general relativity, from Missouri…HarvardCollegeObservatory, Harvard University, Mount Wilson Observatory
Harlow Shapley was an American astronomer. He was born on a farm in Nashville, Missouri, and dropped out of school with only the equivalent of a...
Henrietta Swan Leavitt

Henrietta Swan Leavitt

female, deceased (1921)
computers, Radcliffe College alumni, computer, Radcliffe College, deaf, American…HarvardCollegeObservatory, graduated from Radcliffe College
Henrietta Swan Leavitt (July 4 1868 - December 12 1921) was an American astronomer, and the deaf daughter of a Congregational church minister. She...
Edward Charles Pickering

Edward Charles Pickering

male, deceased (1919)
physicist, Astronomer, Harvard, American, Boston Latin School, Boston Latin School alumni…HarvardCollegeObservatory
Edward Charles Pickering was an American astronomer and physicist, brother of William Henry Pickering. Along with Carl Vogel, Pickering discovered...
Williamina Fleming

Williamina Fleming

female, deceased (1911)
Star, Astronomer, nebula, Scottish, British, spectra…HarvardCollegeObservatory
Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming (May 15, 1857 - May 21, 1911), astronomer, was born in Dundee, Scotland, to Robert Stevens and Mary Walker...
William Cranch Bond

William Cranch Bond

male, deceased (1859)
Astronomer, from Maine, American, HarvardCollegeObservatory
William Cranch Bond (September 9, 1789 - January 29, 1859) was an American astronomer, and the first director of Harvard College Observatory.
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

female, deceased (1979)
Harvard University, Astronomer, cambridge university, Harvard University alumni, botany, physics…Harvard, HarvardCollegeObservatory
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (May 10 1900 - December 7 1979) was an English-American astronomer. She was born Cecilia Helena Payne in England and...
Antonia Maury

Antonia Maury

female, deceased (1952)
Portuguese-American, United States Naval Observatory, American, Vassar College alumni, Astronomer, HarvardCollegeObservatory…vassar college
Antonia Coetana de Paiva Pereira Maury (March 21, 1866 - January 8, 1952) was an American astronomer. With the exception of the surname, she has...
Asaph Hall

Asaph Hall

male, deceased (1907)
Henry S. Pritchett, hyperion, saturn, us naval observatory, double star, parallax…HarvardCollegeObservatory
Asaph Hall (October 15, 1829 - November 22, 1907) was an American astronomer who is most famous for having discovered the moons of Mars (namely...
Fred Lawrence Whipple

Fred Lawrence Whipple

male, deceased (2004)
icy dirtball, dirty snowball, Occidental College alumni, Comet discoverer, astrophysical journal, Planetary scientist…occidental college, HarvardCollegeObservatory
Fred Lawrence Whipple was an American astronomer. He is best known for writing an influential paper (published in "Astrophysical Journal " from...
Gerard Kuiper

Gerard Kuiper

male, deceased (1973)
Leiden University alumni, Tuitjenhorn, naturalized, uranus, naturalized citizen of the United States, Dutch American…Lick Observatory, yerkes observatory, HarvardCollegeObservatory, Bosscha Observatory
Gerard Peter Kuiper, born Gerrit Pieter Kuiper (Dec 7 1905, Harenkarspel (Tuitjenhorn) - Dec 23 1973, Mexico City) was a Dutch American astronomer...