# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/evelyn-leland
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:03:16.444Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/evelyn-leland"
name: "Evelyn Leland"
slug: "evelyn-leland"
description: "Evelyn Frances Leland (1867–1931) was an American astronomer and member of \"Harvard Computers,\" a group of female astronomers who worked at the Harvard College Observatory under Director Edward Pickering. She worked for 36 years (1889–1925) as his assistant, and represented his team. Leland and her colleagues performed an analysis of photographic plates taken in Cambridge and Arequipa, Peru. She was involved in computing stellar spectra and discovering variable stars. She also worked with other members from the observatory to publish the paper."
tagline: "American astronomer"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1870"
deathDate: "1930"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump