Annie Jump Cannon
Astronomer
1863 – 1941
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Who was Annie Jump Cannon?
Annie Jump Cannon was an American astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. With Edward C. Pickering, she is credited with the creation of the Harvard Classification Scheme, which was the first serious attempt to organize and classify stars based on their temperatures.
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- Born
- Dec 11, 1863
Dover - Also known as
- 安妮·坎农
- Кэннон, Энни Джамп
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Wellesley College
- Radcliffe College
- Died
- Apr 13, 1941
Cambridge
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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