Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury
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Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury was an American astronomer and stellar spectroscopist known for her pioneering work on stellar classification and the orbits of spectroscopic binary stars.
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| Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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stellar spectroscopist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1866-03-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1952-01-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Vassar College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employedAs | Harvard Computer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Harvard College Observatory
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Vassar College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | American ⓘ |
| familyName | Maury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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spectroscopic binary stars ⓘ stellar classification ⓘ stellar spectroscopy ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | stellar cataloguing ⓘ |
| givenName | Antonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDegree | bachelor's degree ⓘ |
| hasHeritage |
American colonial ancestry
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Portuguese descent ⓘ |
| hasWorkLocation |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Poughkeepsie, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Annie Jump Cannon
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Ejnar Hertzsprung NERFINISHED ⓘ development of the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Harvard College Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
introduced detailed subclasses in stellar spectral classification
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measured radial velocities of spectroscopic binaries ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pioneering work on orbits of spectroscopic binary stars
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pioneering work on stellar classification ⓘ |
| notableWork | catalog of stellar spectra for the Henry Draper Catalogue ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronomer
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teacher ⓘ |
| partOf | Harvard Computers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Cold Spring, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Dobbs Ferry, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
Henry Draper
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John William Draper NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Anna Draper NERFINISHED ⓘ Matthew Fontaine Maury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| studied | astronomy at Vassar College ⓘ |
| workedOn |
classification of bright stars
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spectroscopic binary star orbits ⓘ stellar spectra classification system ⓘ |
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