Florence Cushman
Florence Cushman (1860-1940) was an astronomer and member of the Harvard Observatory staff from 1888 to 1937.
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Dr Frances Woodworth Wright
Dr. Frances Woodworth Wright (April 30, 1897-July 30, 1989) was an American Astronomer, Navigator, and Instructor who worked in the Harvard College Observatory and with the Women Computers of the Plate Stacks for many years. She helped develop methods of observation for comets and meteors.
Helen Spence Federer
Helen Spence Federer (1911-1983) was an astronomer who worked at the Harvard College Observatory in various capacities from approximately 1941-1962.
Arville D Walker
Arville D. Walker (August 2,1883 – August 5, 1963) was an Astronomer and Secretary at Harvard College Observatory for about 51 years.
Barbara Cherry Schwarzschild
Barbara Cherry Schwarzschild (1914-2008) worked at the Harvard Observatory from approximately 1935 to 1938.
Agnes M Hoovens
Agnes Mary Hoovens Brooks (July 7, 1901-November 4, 1976)1 worked at the Harvard College Observatory as a Pickering Fellow from 1925-1926.
Dr Alberta Hawes
Marian Alberta Hawes Henry (September 8th, 1893 – December 11, 1968) was an astronomer and professor who worked at the Harvard College Observatory from 1912-1918 and later taught at several institutions throughout the United States.
Alta M Carpenter
Alta May Carpenter (June 8, 1878 – 1945) worked as one of the Women Astronomical Computers at the Harvard College Observatory from 1906 until 1920.
Amy Jackson McKay
Amy Jackson McKay (ca. 1870-1907) worked as a Computer and Assistant at the Harvard College Observatory from 1891-1906.
Dr Anne Hagopian
Anne Hagopian van Buren (1927-2008) did computing work at the Harvard Observatory from c.1945-c.1950 as an undergraduate student in astronomy at Radcliffe College.