Evelyn Leland

Harvard computers. Back row (L to R): Margaret Harwood (far left), Mollie O'Reilly, Edward C. Pickering, Edith Gill, Annie Jump Cannon, Evelyn Leland (behind Cannon), Florence Cushman, Marion Whyte (behind Cushman), Grace Brooks. Front row: Arville Walker, unknown (possibly Johanna Mackie), Alta Carpenter, Mabel Gill, Ida Woods. Image courtesy of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The photograph was taken on 13 May 1913.

Evelyn Frances Leland (1867–1931)[1] 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)[1] as his assistant, and represented his team.[2][3][4][5] Leland and her colleagues performed an analysis of photographic plates taken in Cambridge and Arequipa, Peru.[6] She was involved in computing stellar spectra and discovering variable stars.[6] She also worked with other members from the observatory to publish the paper.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b "Evelyn Leland". library.cfa.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  2. ^ Johnson, George (2007-07-10). "A Trip Back in Time and Space - Harvard's Cosmos". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
  3. ^ Bailey, Solon (1931). Harvard Observatory Monographs, No 4, The History and Work of Harvard Observatory 1839 to 1927. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Co. pp. 274–276.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :10 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000-01-01). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. p. 770. ISBN 9780415920407.
  6. ^ a b Zahm, John Augustine (1991). Woman in science; with an introductory chapter on woman's long struggle for things of the mind, by H. J. Mozans [pseud.]. London: University of Notre Dame Press. p. 195. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.28499. ISBN 978-0-26801946-4.