Born: 8 February 1879, United States
Died: 1981
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
The following is excerpted from Infinite Women creator Allison Tyra’s book Uncredited: Women’s Overlooked, Misattributed, and Stolen Work.
The discovery of Pluto, ascribed solely to astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, would not have been possible without mathematician Elizabeth Williams. She worked for astronomer Percival Lowell, who first theorised the existence of a ninth planet, but died before he could verify it. Both men relied on Williams’s calculations.