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Charlotte Moore Sitterly
American astronomer (1898-1990)
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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 24 September 1898
- Died
- 3 March 1990
- Place of birth
- Ercildoun
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Sex or gender
- female
- Given name
- Charlotte
- Spouse
- Bancroft W. Sitterly
- Field of work
- astrophysics, astronomy, sunlight, spectroscopic analysis
- Occupation
- astronomer, physicist, astrophysicist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Awards
- Bruce Medal, Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy, William F. Meggers Award, Fellow of the Optical Society, Federal Woman's Award
- affiliation
- Lick Observatory
- cause of death
- heart failure
- described by source
- Astronomers: A Biographical Reference
- educated at
- Swarthmore College, University of California, Berkeley
- employer
- Mount Wilson Observatory, Princeton, National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States Naval Research Laboratory
- influenced by
- Henry Norris Russell
- interested in
- astronomy
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- American Astronomical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Sciences
- name in native language
- Charlotte Emma Moore-Sitterly
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