Dorothea Klumpke

Dorothea Klumpke Roberts
Born(1861-08-09)August 9, 1861
San Francisco, California
DiedOctober 5, 1942(1942-10-05) (aged 81)
San Francisco, California
Alma materSorbonne University
SpouseIsaac Roberts
AwardsOfficier d'Académie of the French Academy of Sciences; Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur
Scientific career
Fieldsastronomy
InstitutionsParis, France; Sussex, England
ThesisContribution à l'étude des anneaux de Saturne (1893)

Dorothea Klumpke Roberts (August 9, 1861 in San Francisco – October 5, 1942 in San Francisco) was an American astronomer. She was the Director of the Bureau of Measurements at the Paris Observatory and was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, or a Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honor.

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