Florence Cushman

Florence Cushman
Cushman in May 1913
BornJanuary 30, 1860
Boston, Massachusetts, US
DiedJanuary 30, 1940 (Aged 80)
Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S.
Burial placeMount Auburn Cemetery
EducationCharlestown High School, 1877
EmployerHarvard College Observatory
Known forOne of the "Harvard Computers"

Florence Cushman (1860–1940) was an American astronomer specializing in stellar classification working with Edward Pickering and Annie Jump Cannon at the Harvard College Observatory. Her classifications of stars contributed to the Henry Draper Catalogue.

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