Dorothea Klumpke
American astronomer (1861-1942) · United States · Scientists · Died at 81
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Theses submitted to the Faculty of Sciences of Paris for the degree of Doctor of Mathematical Sciences by Dorothea Klumpke
The Roberts's observatory at their home in Crowborough, Sussex taken from A Selection of Photographs of Stars, Star-clusters and Nebulae
Tomb of Isaac Roberts in Flaybrick Hill Cemetery, Birkenhead, MerseysideAwards
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Dorothea Klumpke Roberts was an American astronomer. She was the Director of the Bureau of Measurements at the Paris Observatory and was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, or a Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honor. In 2026 she was named as one of the 72 women to have their names engraved on the Eiffel Tower.
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Lucien RudauxBoth received Ladies' award of the Astronomical Society of France
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