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• Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941), sitting at desk

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  • 8 comments
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  • Date taken: 2009-02-27 17:24:54
  • Date uploaded: 2009-03-08
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, womensday, harvard, astronomer, deaf, deafhistory, woman, scientist, desk, office, femaleastronomer, harvardcollegeastronomer, 1863birthd, anniejumpcannon, 18631941, astronmer, blackandwhite, working, lady, secretary, oldlady, cannon, astronpmy, smithsonianinstitutionarchives, womenshistorymonth, womeninscience, 2009, academia, 20thcenturyearly, astronomy
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• Elizabeth Roemer (1929- ), at her desk at the U.S. Naval Observatory, Flagstaff (Arizona) Station, c. 1963

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  • 4 comments
  • 42 favorites
  • 27,476 views
  • Date taken: 2010-03-01 11:58:32
  • Date uploaded: 2010-03-17
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, woman, seated, desk, book, glasses, eyeglasses, 1963, observatory, california, physics, astronomy, astronomer, arizona, asteroids, smithsonianinstitutionarchives, womenshistorymonth, womeninscience, 2010, 20thcenturymid, academia, focus, focusa, desklamp, calculator
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• George A. Van Biesbroeck (1880-1974)

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  • 6 comments
  • 106 favorites
  • 25,720 views
  • Date taken: 2010-06-21 11:55:52
  • Date uploaded: 2010-06-25
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, astronomy, astronomer, yerkesobservatory, telescope, georgeavanbiesbroeck, georgevanbiesbroeck, vanbiesbroeck, man, science, scientist, standing, mars, 1926, 1920s, twenties, steampunk, scienceseeker, smithsonianinstitutionarchives, epic
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• Portrait of Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882-1944), Astronomer

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  • 13 favorites
  • 22,930 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 19:08:45
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-13
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, portrait, astronomer, eddington, observatory, science, astronomy, man, telescope, arthur, stanley, acience, work, 1920s, vintagesuit, microscope, looking, lab, staring, oldportrait, antique, berndibner, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• Portrait of Camille Flammarion (1842-1925), Astronomer

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  • 3 comments
  • 18 favorites
  • 22,532 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 19:09:47
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, astronomer, popularastronomy, mars, awesomehair, autograph, beard, french, crazyhair, fashion, 1800s, berndibnercollection, beardedlady, blackandwhite, portrait, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty822872, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• Margaret Harwood (1885-1979)

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  • 4 comments
  • 22 favorites
  • 20,713 views
  • Date taken: 2011-01-25 16:30:10
  • Date uploaded: 2011-03-08
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, astronomer, woman, scientist, seated, desk, writing, glasses, eyeglasses, harvard, nantucket, observatory, smithsonianinstitutionarchives, womenshistorymonth, womeninscience, 2011, astronomy, 20thcenturyearly, 20thcenturymid, academia
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• Portrait of Agnes Mary Clerke (1842-1907), Astronomer

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  • 3 comments
  • 10 favorites
  • 19,115 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 19:09:29
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, astronomer, astronomy, clerke, agnesmaryclerke, femalescientist, woman, wikipedia:en=agnesmaryclerke, blackandwhite, highneck, curlyhair, portrait, serious, agnes, female, stern, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty1179871, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• Portrait of Arthur Cayley (1821-1895), Mathematician and Astronomer

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  • 1 comment
  • 7 favorites
  • 17,388 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 19:09:27
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, cayley, mathematician, astronomer, astronomy, mathematics, math, scientist, science, portrait, blackandwhite, mathematiker, maleportrait, bustpixture, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty1203790, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• Portrait of James Curley (1796-1889), Astronomer and Mathematician

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  • 2 comments
  • 19 favorites
  • 17,195 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 19:09:34
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, portrait, mathematician, astronomer, crucifix, book, man, famous, priest, bible, blackandwhite, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries, irishnames
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• Portrait of Hanns Hoerbiger (1860-1931), Engineer and Astronomer

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  • 1 comment
  • 10 favorites
  • 17,083 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 00:00:00
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, portrait, astronomer, engineer, beard, wikipedia:en=hanshörbiger, inscribed, caucasian, male, bushy, early20thcent, hanshoerbiger, austrian, borninatzgersdorf, hoerbigervalve, fierce, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• Portrait of Augustin Louis Cauchy (1789-1857): Mathematician, Physicist, and Astonomer

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  • 1 comment
  • 5 favorites
  • 16,578 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 19:09:27
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, mathematician, physicist, astronomer, portrait, math, science, scientist, man, sepia, gentleman, bald, pose, blackandwhite, important, wealth, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty1268208, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• Portrait of George Howard Darwin (1845-1912), Mathematician and Astronomer

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  • 1 comment
  • 8 favorites
  • 16,254 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 19:09:36
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, georgehowarddarwin, portrait, mathematician, astronomer, beardportrait, mustach, beard, ear, brown, old, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• Portrait of John Frederick William Herschel (1792-1871): Astronomer, Physicist, Chemist

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  • 1 comment
  • 7 favorites
  • 15,774 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 19:09:58
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, johnfrederickwilliamherschel, portrait, physicist, astronomer, chemist, photograph, 19thcmensfashion, man, old, sad, whitehair, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• Portrait of George Biddell Airy (1801-1892), Astronomer

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  • 1 comment
  • 3 favorites
  • 15,644 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 00:00:00
  • Date uploaded: 2008-05-30
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, portrait, astronomer, desk, chair, bowtie, airy, vintage, sepiatone, smithsonian, man, standing, table, antique, pose, book, stack, bow, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty1053394, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin (1900-1979)

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  • 2 comments
  • 3 favorites
  • 14,631 views
  • Date taken: 2011-10-12 08:35:23
  • Date uploaded: 2012-03-19
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, smithsonianinstitutionarchives, 2012, womenshistorymonth, womeninscience, woman, scientist, astronomer, astronomy, physics, harvard, research, english, radcliff, hat, 20thcenturymid, astrophysics, academia, ceciliahelenapaynegaposchkin
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• Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin (1900-1979)

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  • 1 comment
  • 14 favorites
  • 14,172 views
  • Date taken: 2011-10-12 08:35:15
  • Date uploaded: 2012-03-19
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, smithsonianinstitutionarchives, 2012, womenshistorymonth, womeninscience, woman, scientist, astronomer, astronomy, physics, harvard, research, english, radcliff, 20thcenturymid, academia, astrophysics, ceciliahelenapaynegaposchkin
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• Portrait of Angelo Secchi (1818-1878), Astronomer

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  • 1 comment
  • 3 favorites
  • 13,823 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 19:11:04
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, astronomer, astronomy, astrophysics, spectroscopy, sun, scientist, secchi, blackandwhite, portrait, man, 1818births, face, retrato, catholic, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty1098464, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin (1900-1979)

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  • 2 comments
  • 5 favorites
  • 13,093 views
  • Date taken: 2011-10-12 08:35:20
  • Date uploaded: 2012-03-19
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, smithsonianinstitutionarchives, 2012, womenshistorymonth, womeninscience, woman, scientist, astronomer, astronomy, physics, harvard, research, english, radcliff, wristwatch, academia, astrophysics, 20thcenturymid, ceciliahelenapaynegaposchkin
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• Portrait of Lewis Morris Rutherfurd (1816-1892), Astronomer

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  • 1 comment
  • 8 favorites
  • 12,583 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 19:10:56
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, portrait, astronomer, beard, lewismorrisrutherfurd, sepia, gentleman, bald, photography, eyes, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• Portrait of John Frederick William Herschel (1792-1871), Astronomer, Physicist, Chemist

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  • 2 comments
  • 9 favorites
  • 12,272 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 19:09:58
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, portrait, physicist, astronomer, chemist, johnfrederickwilliamherschel, earlyeticnscientists, photograph, ushistory, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• Portrait of Christopher Hansteen (1784-1873), Physicist and Astronomer

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  • 1 comment
  • 5 favorites
  • 11,905 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 19:09:56
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, portrait, physicist, astronomer, bowtie, 18thcentury, drawing, redgills, historyofscience, 18thcenturyphysicist, male, bw, foaf:depicts=httpnlagovaunlaparty1180008, xmlns:foaf=httpxmlnscomfoaf01, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• Portrait of Henry Chamberlaine Russell (1836-1907), Astronomer and Meteorologist

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  • 1 comment
  • 4 favorites
  • 11,255 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 19:10:53
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, portrait, meteorologist, astronomer, bowtie, man, beard, scientist, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• Portrait of Hervé Faye (1814-1902), Astronomer and Geodesist

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  • 1 comment
  • 6 favorites
  • 10,607 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 19:09:44
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, portrait, astronomer, geodesist, hervefaye, medal, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries, eugènepirou, cliché
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• Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin (1900-1979)

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  • 3 comments
  • 0 favorites
  • 10,419 views
  • Date taken: 2011-10-12 08:35:10
  • Date uploaded: 2012-03-19
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, smithsonianinstitutionarchives, 2012, womenshistorymonth, womeninscience, woman, scientist, astronomer, astronomy, physics, harvard, research, english, radcliff, astrophysics, academia, 20thcenturymid, ceciliahelenapaynegaposchkin
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• Portrait of John Martin Schaeberle (1853-1924), Astronomer

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  • 1 comment
  • 2 favorites
  • 9,804 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 19:10:57
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, portrait, astronomer, handlebarmustache, johnmartinschaeberle, dibner, pre1924, 19thcenturyphoto, early20thcenturyphoto, mustache, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• Portrait of Simon Newcomb (1835-1909), Astronomer

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  • 0 comments
  • 2 favorites
  • 9,175 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 19:10:28
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, portrait, astronomer, beard, astronomyforeverybody, astronomicalhistory, mathematician, blackandwhite, barbe, homme, simonnewcomb, portriat, photography, tie, woolcoat, eyes, mustache, buttons, blackbackroun, 20thcentury, dibner, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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• Portrait of Richard Anthony Proctor (1837-1888), Astronomer

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  • 1 comment
  • 3 favorites
  • 9,017 views
  • Date taken: 2008-05-20 19:10:45
  • Date uploaded: 2008-06-04
  • Tags: smithsonianinstitution, portrait, astronomer, beard, man, mustache, globe, jacket, blackandwhite, mathematician, moustache, measurement, richproctor, smithsonianinstitutionlibraries
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