Harlow Shapley
American scientist
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Harlow Shapley was an American scientist, head of the Harvard College Observatory, and political activist during the latter New Deal and Fair Deal.
Shapley used Cepheid variable stars to estimate the size of the Milky Way Galaxy and the Sun's... Wikipedia
Born: November 2, 1885, Nashville, MO
Died: October 20, 1972 (age 86 years), Boulder, CO
Discovered: 878 Mildred
Education: Princeton University (1911–1913) and University of Missouri (1907–1911)
Awards: Henry Draper Medal (1926), Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1934), Rittenhouse Medal (1935), and more
Grandchild: Deborah Shapley