Annie Jump Cannon
Annie Jump Cannon ( December 11, 1863 – April 13, 1941) was a US astronomer.
Honors
- She was given an honorary doctorate in 1925 from Oxford University, England, the first woman ever to be so honored.
- In 1931 awarded the Henry Draper Medal from the National Academy of Sciences.
- In 1932 awarded the Ellen Richards Prize.
- Honorary member of the Royal Astronomical Society at a time when women were not allowed to be members.
- In 1938 named the William Cranch Bond Astronomer at Harvard.
- The Cannon crater on the Moon is named for her.
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