| LC control no. | n 2014023774 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Maury, Antonia C., 1866-1952 |
| Variant(s) | Maury, Antonia Coetana de Paiva Pereira, 1866-1952 |
| Birth date | 1866-03-21 |
| Death date | 1952-01-18 |
| Place of birth | Cold Spring (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Dobbs Ferry (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | Vassar College Harvard College Observatory |
| Profession or occupation | Astronomers |
| Found in | Spectra of bright stars photographed with the 11-inch Draper telescope as a part of the Henry Draper memorial and discussed by Antonia C. Maury, 1897: t.p. (Antonia C. Maury) Wikipedia, April 29, 2014 (Antonia Maury; born March 21, 1866 in Cold Spring, N.Y.; died January 8, 1952 in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.; astronomer who published an important early catalog of stellar spectra. Antonia Maury attended Vassar College, graduating in 1887 with honors in physics, astronomy, and philosophy. Maury went to work at the Harvard College Observatory as one of the so-called Harvard Computers, highly skilled women who processed astronomical data. In this capacity, Maury observed stellar spectra and published an important catalogue of classifications in 1897) |
| Associated language | eng |
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