Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia, 1900-1979
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Name (Hebrew)
פיין-גפושקין, ססיליה, 1900-1979
Name (Latin)
Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia, 1900-1979
Other forms of name
Gaposchkin, Cecilia Helena Payne, 1900-1979
Gaposhkina, Sesilii︠a︡ Khelena Peĭn-, 1900-1979
Payne, Cecilia H., 1900-1979
Peĭn-Gaposhkina, Sesilii︠a︡ Khelena, 1900-1979
Gaposchkin, Cecilia Helena Payne, 1900-
Gaposhkin, Cecilia Helena Payne, 1900-
Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia, 1900-
Payne, Cecilia Helena, 1900-
Date of birth
1900-05-10
Date of death
1979-12-07
Field of activity
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Occupation
Astronomers
Astrophysicists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
Biographical or Historical Data
Ph. D.
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- LCCN 29-10581: Shapley, H. The universe of stars, 1929(hdg.: Gaposchkin, Cecilia Helena (Payne), Mrs., 1900- ; usage: Cecilia H. Payne)
- Russian Wikipedia, Jan. 16, 2025(Сесилия Хелена Пейн-Гапошкина = Sesilii︠a︡ Khelena Peĭn-Gaposhkina)
- Stellar atmospheres; a contribution to the observational study of high temperature in the reversing layers of stars, 1925:t.p. (Cecilia H. Payne)
- Cecilia Helena Payne-Gaposchkin; b. May 10, 1900 in Wendover, Buckinghamshire; d. Dec. 7, 1979 in Cambridge, Mass.; astronomer, astrophysicist; in 1925, became the first person to earn a Ph.D. in astronomy from Radcliffe Coll.; married Russian Empire-born astronomer Sergeĭ Illarionovich Gaposhkin ( (Wikipedia, Jan. 16, 2025) )
- Her Stellar atmospheres ... 1925.
- LCCN 29-10581: Shapley, H. The universe of stars, 1929(hdg.: Gaposchkin, Cecilia Helena (Payne), Mrs., 1900- ; usage: Cecila H. Payne)