Shapley, Martha

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Born Kansas City, Missouri, USA, 3 August 1890

Died Tucson, Arizona, USA, 24 January 1981

Besides doing calculations for her husband Harlow Shapley , American Martha Betz Shapley was an authority on eclipsing binary stars in her own right.

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Kopal, Zdenĕk (1981). “In Memoriam: Martha Betz Shapley (1890–1981).” Astrophysics and Space Science. 79: 261.
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Department of Earth Science, University of Northern Iowa, Office: Latham 112, 50614, Cedar Falls, IA, USA
Thomas Hockey (Professor of Astronomy) (Professor of Astronomy)

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(2007). Shapley, Martha. In: Hockey, T., et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1267

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