Category Archives: Science

Selina Cranch Bond (1831-1920) worked at the Harvard College Observatory from 1879 to 1906. She was the fourth woman computer hired by the observatory, and she performed mathematical computations for a variety of projects.

Carol Gertrude Fox (1903-1975) worked at the Harvard College Observatory starting in 1927.

Constance D. Boyd (1907-1976) worked at the Harvard Observatory from around 1928 until 1943.

Florence May Campbell Bibber (January 10, 1908 – April 7, 1997) was a research assistant with Annie Jump Cannon of the Harvard College Observatory, and directoral assistant to Margaret Walton Mayall.

Florence Cushman (1860-1940) was an astronomer and member of the Harvard Observatory staff from 1888 to 1937.

Anne Atwood Pickering worked with the Harvard College Observatory in various ways from 1891-1924.1 She assisted with the management of Harvard’s Boyden Observatory in Peru and with the Harvard-affiliated Woodlawn observational station in Jamaica.

Dr. Anne Sewell Young (1871-1961) was a prominent astronomer and professor who specialized in variable stars.

Arville D. Walker (August 2,1883 – August 5, 1963) was an Astronomer and Secretary at Harvard College Observatory for about 51 years.