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"Women in Science and Health." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2014.
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"Annie Jump Cannon." Deaf Scientist Corner. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2014. <http://www.twu.edu/dsc/jump_cannonI.http>.
"Annie Jump Cannon." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2014.
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"Women in Science and Health." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2014.
<http://www.history.com/photos/women-in-science-and-health/photo9>.
If the astronomer were alive now, what would they think of present day astronomy?
The astronomer would probably think that one day all the stars will die out and new ones will begin to form
Past, Present, and Future
Annie Jump Cannon was born on December 11th, 1863 and died on April 14th, 1941 in Cambridge, Massachussettes.
Annie Jump Cannon was wanted because she discovered various stars and drew the constellations out for scientists to further their studies
Fun Facts
"Oh, Be a Fine Girl-
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This quote was adopted as the universal standard and given the mnemonic device
~ She was a pioneering astronomer responsible for the classification of hundreds of thousands of stars
~Annie studied physics and astronomy at Wellesley College and went to work at the Harvard Observatory
~She joined a group of female astronomers called the Pickering’s Women and her job in this group was to study bright southern hemisphere stars
~Classified more than 225, 000 stars
~Deaf scientist
~Was able to classify three stars a minute
~Discovered 300 various stars
~She was the first women to receive honorary doctorate from the University of Oxford in 1925
She was born in Dover, Delaware
Annie did her work at the Harvard Observatory and went to Wellesley College and Radcliffe College. Her job was to take care of all the pictures of the stars
Did this scientist work with another scientist? Who was it and what did they do?
Family Information: husband/ wife, children, parents, brothers, sisters, etc.
She joined a group of female astronomers called the Pickering’s Women and her job in this group was to study bright southern hemisphere stars
She was the oldest of three daughters of Wilson Cannon, a Delaware shipbuilder and state senator. His second wife, Mary Jump taught Annie the constellations and learned to make spectroscopic measurements.