Fleming, Williamina Paton Stevens (1857-1911)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3624. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Astronomer, born in Dundee, Scotland, emigrated to Boston with her parents and worked as a maid in the home of EDWARD PICKERING, the director of the Harvard Observatory. Unhappy with the work performed by his existing employees and declaring that his maid could do a better job, Pickering hired her for clerical work and mathematical calculations. Fleming devised a system of classifying stars accor...

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