Florence Cushman

Florence Cushman
Cushman in May 1913
BornJanuary 30, 1860
Boston, Massachusetts, US
DiedJanuary 30, 1940 (Aged 80)
Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S.
Burial placeMount Auburn Cemetery
EducationCharlestown High School, 1877
EmployerHarvard College Observatory
Known forCushman was one of the "Harvard Computers"

Florence Cushman (1860-1940) was an American astronomer specializing in stellar classification at the Harvard College Observatory who worked on the Henry Draper Catalogue.

This photo was taken in 1918. It is a picture called "paper doll" in which Harvard Computers are shown holding hands. Left to right: Ida E. Woods, Evelyn Leland, Florence Cushman, Grace Brooks, Mary Vann, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Mollie O'Reilly, Mabel Gill, Alta Carpenter, Annie Jump Cannon, Dorothy Block, Arville Walker, Frank E. Hinckley (telescope operator), Edward King (chief of stellar photography).