Margaret Harwood | |
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| Born | March 19, 1885 Littleton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | February 6, 1979 (aged 93) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Awards | Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy (1962) |
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| Fields | Astronomy |
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Margaret Harwood (March 19, 1885 – February 6, 1979)[1] was an American astronomer specializing in photometry and the first director of the Maria Mitchell Observatory in Nantucket, Massachusetts. An asteroid discovered in 1960 was named 7040 Harwood in her honor.
- ^ Sobel, Dava (2017). "Harvard Astronomers, Assistants, and Associates". The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars (Illustrated, reprint ed.). Penguin. p. 288. ISBN 978-0-14-311134-4.