Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University

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The Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the Harvard astronomy department, historically notable as the first such professorship in the field to be held by a woman.

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instanceOf academic chair
endowed professorship
academicDepartment Harvard Department of Astronomy NERFINISHED
academicDiscipline astronomy
country United States of America
surface form: United States
employer Harvard University
fieldOfWork astronomy
astrophysics
genderMilestone first woman to hold this type of astronomy chair
hasAcademicRank professor
hasCharacteristic endowed
prestigious
hasNotableFeature historically significant for women in science
represents advancement of gender equality in academia
inception 20th century
isProfessorshipAt Harvard University NERFINISHED
isProfessorshipIn astronomy
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedIn Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard University NERFINISHED
locatedInOrganization Harvard College Observatory NERFINISHED
notableFor being the first astronomy professorship of its kind to be held by a woman
partOf Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University NERFINISHED
Harvard Department of Astronomy NERFINISHED
sector higher education

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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin positionHeld Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University