LC control no. | n 2005006653 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Leavitt, Henrietta Swan, 1868-1921 |
Variant(s) | Leavitt, Henrietta S. (Henrietta Swan), 1868-1921 |
Birth date | 18680704 |
Death date | 19211212 |
Place of birth | Lancaster (Mass.) |
Place of death | Cambridge (Mass.) |
Field of activity | Astronomy |
Affiliation | Radcliffe College |
Profession or occupation | Astronomers |
Found in | Miss Leavitt's stars, c2005: CIP galley text (Henrietta Swan Leavitt; b. July 4, 1868; d. 1921) LC database, Jan. 31, 2005 (hdg.: Leavitt, Henrietta S.; [no usage]) Wikipedia, Aug. 23, 2013 (Henrietta Swan Leavitt, born July 4, 1868 in Lancaster, Massachusetts; died December 12, 1921 in Cambridge, Massachusetts; American astronomer; graduate of Radcliffe College; known for discovering the period-luminosity relationship of Cepheid stars) |
Associated language | eng |