Annie Jump Cannon
Annie Jump Cannon (/ˈkænən/; December 11, 1863 – April 13, 1941) was an American astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. With Edward C. Pickering, she is credited with the creation of the Harvard Classification Scheme, which was the first serious attempt to organize and classify stars based on their temperatures and spectral types. She was nearly deaf throughout her career after 1893, as a result of scarlet fever. She was a suffragist and a member of the National Women's Party.
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| Born | December 11, 1863 Dover, Delaware, U.S. |
| Died | April 13, 1941 (aged 77) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Wellesley College, Wilmington Conference Academy, Radcliffe College |
| Known for | Stellar classification |
| Awards | Henry Draper Medal (1931) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | Harvard College Observatory |
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