Harlow Shapley

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American astronomer astronomer human

Harlow Shapley was an American astronomer best known for mapping the Milky Way’s size and structure and determining the Sun’s position within the galaxy.

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Label	Occurrences
Harlow Shapley canonical	12
Harlow Shapley Perkins	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American astronomer ⓘ astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ
academicDegree	PhD in astronomy ⓘ
awardReceived	Bruce Medal ⓘ Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ Henry Draper Medal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1885-11-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1972-10-20 ⓘ
describedBySource	Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ surface form: Encyclopædia Britannica NASA historical archives ⓘ
educatedAt	Princeton University ⓘ University of Missouri ⓘ
employer	Harvard College Observatory ⓘ Princeton University ⓘ
endTime	1952 (director of Harvard College Observatory) ⓘ
familyName	Shapley ⓘ
fieldOfWork	astronomy ⓘ astrophysics ⓘ
givenName	Harlow ⓘ
hasChild	Lloyd Shapley ⓘ
influenced	cosmology ⓘ galactic astronomy ⓘ
knownFor	Shapley–Curtis debate ⓘ mapping the Milky Way’s size and structure ⓘ showing that the Sun is not at the center of the Milky Way ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
notableWork	determination of the Sun’s position in the Milky Way ⓘ determination of the size of the Milky Way ⓘ study of globular star clusters ⓘ
participantIn	Shapley–Curtis debate ⓘ surface form: Great Debate (Shapley–Curtis debate) Shapley–Curtis debate ⓘ surface form: Shapley–Curtis debate on the scale of the universe
placeOfBirth	Nashville, Missouri ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Boulder, Colorado ⓘ
positionHeld	director of Harvard College Observatory ⓘ
religion	agnosticism ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Martha Betz Shapley ⓘ
startTime	1921 (director of Harvard College Observatory) ⓘ
studied	Cepheid variable stars in globular clusters ⓘ
usedMethod	period–luminosity relation of Cepheid variables ⓘ
workLocation	Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: Princeton, New Jersey

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Norris Russell → notableStudent → Harlow Shapley ⓘ

Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Harlow Shapley ⓘ

Fornax Dwarf Galaxy → discoveredBy → Harlow Shapley ⓘ

Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy → discoveredBy → Harlow Shapley ⓘ

Harvard College Observatory → notablePerson → Harlow Shapley ⓘ

Mount Wilson Observatory → notableAstronomer → Harlow Shapley ⓘ

Shapley Supercluster → namedAfter → Harlow Shapley ⓘ

Shapley Supercluster → discoveredBy → Harlow Shapley ⓘ

Henrietta Swan Leavitt → influenced → Harlow Shapley ⓘ

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin → doctoralAdvisor → Harlow Shapley ⓘ

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin → influencedBy → Harlow Shapley ⓘ

Henry Draper Medal → notableRecipient → Harlow Shapley ⓘ

Perkins Observatory → namedAfter → Harlow Shapley ⓘ

this entity surface form: Harlow Shapley Perkins