Annie Jump Cannon Biography
Annie Jump Cannon was an American astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. With Edward C. Pickering, she is credited with the creation of the Harvard Classification Scheme, which was the first serious attempt to organize and classify stars based on their temperatures. Source: Wikipedia
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- Name:
- Annie Jump Cannon
- Nationality:
- United States of America
- Profession:
- Astronomer, Human computer
- Date of Birth:
- December 11, 1863
- Astrological Sign:
- Sagittarius
- Date of Death:
- April 13, 1941
- Age at Death:
- 77
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