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Annie Jump Cannon was an American astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. With Edward C. Pickering, she is credited with the creation of the Harvard Classification Scheme, which was the first serious attempt to organize and classify stars based on their temperatures and spectral types. She was nearly deaf throughout her career af…

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science · American astronomer (1863–1941) · astronomer · physicist · university teacher · astrophysicist · also Annie Jump Cannon, AJ Cannon, Cannon

Born 11 December 1863 · Died 13 April 1941 · Q230650

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Jun 1994Award
Awarded National Women's Hall of Fame (1994).
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Jun 1981Award
Awarded Hall of Fame of Delaware Women (1981).
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2019· 2 entries

Jan 1, 2019Documented record79% confidence

Annie Jump Cannon

Published “Canagliflozin and Renal Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes and Nephropathy” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 5,504 times.

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2019Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Was depicted on Delaware's American Innovation $1 Coin

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2017· 1 entry

Jan 1, 2017Documented record79% confidence

Annie Jump Cannon

Published “GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral” in Physical Review Letters — cited 8,280 times.

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2016· 1 entry

Jan 1, 2016Documented record79% confidence

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Published “Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger” in Physical Review Letters — cited 11,729 times.

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2014· 1 entry

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A Google Doodle honoring her and her work appeared

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2009· 1 entry

Jan 1, 2009Documented record79% confidence

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Published “Ticagrelor versus Clopidogrel in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 5,954 times.

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2004· 1 entry

Jan 1, 2004Documented record79% confidence

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Published “Brown Adipose Tissue: Function and Physiological Significance” in Physiological Reviews — cited 5,586 times.

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2003· 1 entry

Jan 1, 2003Documented record79% confidence

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Published “Markers of Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease” in Circulation — cited 5,204 times.

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1997· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1997Documented record79% confidence

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Published “The Magma Algebra System I: The User Language” in Journal of Symbolic Computation — cited 4,889 times.

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1994· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1994Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded National Women's Hall of Fame (1994).

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1994Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Cannon was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame

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1981· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1981Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Hall of Fame of Delaware Women (1981).

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1941· 3 entries

Apr 13, 1941Documented record66% confidence

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In Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the age of 77

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Apr 13, 1941Documented record86% confidence

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Died 1941-04-13.

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c. 1941Exact date was not recorded in the sourceDirect quote75% confidence

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“In our troubled days it is good to have something outside our planet, something fine and distant for comfort.”

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1933· 1 entry

1933Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Represented professional women at the World's Fair in Chicago (Century of Progress)

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1931· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1931Documented record84% confidence

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Won Henry Draper Medal (1931).

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1927· 1 entry

1927Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Pickering said that she was able to classify stars very quickly, "Miss Cannon is the only person in the world - man or woman - who can do this work so quickly

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1925· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1925Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford (1925).

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1925Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Became the first woman to receive an honorary doctorate of science from Oxford University

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1922· 3 entries

Jun 15, 1922Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Honorary doctor of the University of Groningen (1922).

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May 9, 1922Documented record70% confidence

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The International Astronomical Union passed the resolution to formally adopt Cannon's stellar classification system; with only minor changes, it is still being used for classification today

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1922Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Cannon spent six months in Arequipa, Peru, to photograph stars in the Southern hemisphere

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1921· 1 entry

1921Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Became one of the first women to receive an honorary doctorate from a European university when she was awarded an honorary doctor's degree in math and astronomy from Groningen University

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1918· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1918Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1918).

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1914· 1 entry

1914Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Annie Jump Cannon

Was admitted as an honorary member of the Royal Astronomical Society

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1911· 2 entries

1911Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Annie Jump Cannon

Was made the Curator of Astronomical Photographs at Harvard

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Jan 1, 1911Documented record84% confidence

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Career landmark: curator (1911).

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1907· 1 entry

1907Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Cannon finished her studies and received her master's degree from Wellesley College

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1901· 1 entry

1901Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Cannon published her first catalog of stellar spectra

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1896· 2 entries

Jan 1, 1896Documented record84% confidence

Annie Jump Cannon

Studied at Radcliffe College (1895–1896).

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1896Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Cannon became a member of the Harvard Computers, a group of women hired by Harvard Observatory director Edward C

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1894· 3 entries

Jan 1, 1894Documented record84% confidence

Annie Jump Cannon

Studied at Wellesley College (1893–1894).

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1894Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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As a "special student", continuing her studies of astronomy

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Cannon's mother died and life at home grew more difficult

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1892· 1 entry

1892Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Annie Jump Cannon

Traveled through Europe taking photographs with her Blair box camera

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1885· 1 entry

1885Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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A disagreement developed as to how to classify the stars

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1884· 2 entries

1884Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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And returned home to Delaware for a decade

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Jan 1, 1884Documented record84% confidence

Annie Jump Cannon

Studied at Wellesley College (1880–1884).

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1880· 2 entries

Jan 1, 1880Documented record84% confidence

Annie Jump Cannon

Studied at Wesley College (1877–1880).

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1880Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Cannon was sent to Wellesley College in Massachusetts, one of the top academic schools for women in the US, where she studied physics and astronomy

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1863· 2 entries

Dec 11, 1863Documented record86% confidence

Annie Jump Cannon

Born 1863-12-11.

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1863Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

Annie Jump Cannon

Cannon was born on December 11, 1863, in Dover, Delaware.

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