| 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 |
| See also | Graduate of: Radcliffe College Employer: Harvard University |
| Other standard no. | Q110181 47876856 0000000082249440 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1868-07-04 |
| Death date | 1921-12-12 |
| Place of birth | Lancaster (Mass.) |
| Place of death | Cambridge (Mass.) |
| Field of activity | Astronomy |
| Affiliation | Radcliffe College Harvard University |
| 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) Wikipedia, May 13, 2024 (worked at Harvard College Observatory at Harvard University) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Swan_Leavitt> |
| Associated language | eng |
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