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Leah Allen

Leah Brown Allen (November 6, 1884 in Providence, Rhode Island[1] – February 1973[2]) was an American astronomer and Professor of Astronomy at Hood College.

She joined Lick Observatory as Carnegie Assistant in 1908.[3] Professor Allen began teaching astronomy at Hood in 1928.[4]

Education edit

She studied at Hope Street School, 1902. Then at Brown University, 1904–1906, special work in astronomy under Professor Winslow Upton.[3] She received her M.A. from Wellesley College in 1912.[5]

Prizes named in her honor edit

Correspondents edit

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Publications edit

  • "A study of the peculiar spectrum of the star Eta Centauri" (Master's thesis, 1912) is held in the Wellesley College Archives 2017-03-29 at the Wayback Machine.
  • The radial velocities of twenty southern variable stars of class Me ; A study of the changes in the spectrum of T Centauri (Lick Observatory bulletin) University of California Press (1925) WorldCat

References edit

  1. ^ . FamilySearch. Archived from the original on 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
  2. ^ . FamilySearch. Archived from the original on 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
  3. ^ a b Mary Proctor."Halley's Comet after 75 years rushes Earthward again", San Francisco Call, August 23, 1908.
  4. ^ http://www.hood.edu/adminservices/news.cfm?featureID=2031[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Wellesley College (15 October 1942). Report of the President. Wellesley, Mass – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ . Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2008-08-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Finding Aid to the William F. Meggers Papers, 1917-1966". www.aip.org.
  8. ^ The Fifty-seventh Meeting of the AAS was held at Hood College, Frederick, Maryland, from Monday to Wednesday, December 28–30, 1936 at the invitation of Leah B. Allen, Professor of Astronomy. . Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
  9. ^ Dorrit Hoffleit "The Maria Mitchell Observatory:For Astronomical Research and Public Enlightenment"Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers Volume30, 2001, p70" http://www.aavso.org/publications/ejaavso/v30n1/62.pdf 2009-01-09 at the Wayback Machine


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