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Payne added her husband's last name to hers, separating it with a hyphen. They were the parents of three children, Edward, Katherine, and Peter.

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Cecilia Payne's marriage to a Russian astronomer 

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Cecilia Payne's marriage to a Russian astronomer 

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In March 1934, Cecilia Payne married Sergei Gaposchkin, a Russian astronomer who emigrated to the USA

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She wrote in her thesis that one of the main conclusions established that hydrogen is the most abundant component in the constitution of stars.

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The thesis is a contribution to the study of the observation of high temperatures in the inversion layers of stars ". This doctoral thesis was a real revolution in astronomy.

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In 1925, Cecilia Paine presented a splendid thesis entitled “Stellar atmospheres.

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His scientific interests are centered in the area of ​​Astronomy.

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Henry Norris Russell Lectureship

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Rittenhouse Medal

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Summary: Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin (1900-1979), astrophysicist at Harvard College Observatory, was known for her research on stellar spectra

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Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy

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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin thesis was later published as a book: "Stellar Atmospheres!"

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Cecilia was one of the three children of Edward Payne, a lawyer, musician, and historian; and Emma Pertz, of Prussian origin.

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Professor in the department of astronomy at Harvard

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Professor in the department of astronomy at Harvard

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Finally, it was in the second half of the 1950s that she became a professor and the first woman to head a department of astronomy at Harvard. she retired in 1966.

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In 1923 he arrived at the Harvard University Observatory.

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In the early 1920s, Payne completed his studies in Physics and Chemistry at the University of Cambridge.

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Cecilia Payne studied at the Saint Paul Girls' School; At the age of nineteen he obtained a scholarship to study at Newnham College.

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Wendover, United Kingdom

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May 10, 1900

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Cambridge, MA

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December 7, 1979

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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

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Summary: Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin (1900-1979), astrophysicist at Harvard College Observatory, was known for her research on stellar spectra