Henrietta Swan Leavitt
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 102 years ago |
| Date of birth | July 4,1868 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Lancaster |
| Massachusetts | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | December 12,1921 |
| Died | Cambridge |
| Massachusetts | |
| United States | |
| Residence | Cambridge |
| Massachusetts | |
| United States | |
| Field | Astronomy |
| Parents | George Roswell Leavitt |
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| Job | Astronomer |
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| Education | Cambridge College |
| Radcliffe College | |
| Oberlin College | |
| Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study | |
| Known for | Leavitt's law: the period-luminosity relationship for Cepheid variables |
| Nationality | American |
| Grandparents | Erasmus Darwin Leavitt |
| Almira Fay | |
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| ID | 418114 |
Henrietta Swan Leavitt Life story
Henrietta Swan Leavitt was an American astronomer. Her discovery of how to effectively measure vast distances to remote galaxies led to a shift in the understanding of the nature of the universe.
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