| LC control no. | n 50033397 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1818-08-01 |
| Death date | 1889-06-28 |
| Place of birth | Nantucket (Mass.) |
| Place of death | Lynn (Mass.) |
| Profession or occupation | Astronomers College teachers Librarians |
| Found in | WwWA, hist. vol. (Mitchell, Maria, astronomer, educator; b. Nantucket Is., 1818; discovered new comet 1847, receiving the King of Denmark gold medal; 1st woman elected to membership Am. Acad. Arts & Sco., 1st prof. Vassar Coll., 1865-88; elected mem. Am. Phil. Soc., 1869; d. June 28, 1889) Wikipedia, viewed on April 13, 2021 (Maria Mitchell; born August 1, 1818, in Nantucket, Massachusetts; died June 28, 1889, in Lynn, Massachusetts; American astronomer, librarian, naturalist, and educator) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Mitchell> The astronomer who questioned everything, 2022: CIP title page (Maria Mitchell) LAC CIP application (discovered Miss Mitchell's Comet in 1847; advocate for the rights of women; became one of the first female professors of astronomy and was the first woman member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; expert in navigation and librarian) |
| National bib agency no. | 1039L7434E |
| Quality code | nlc |
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