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Cora G. Burwell

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1020: 782: 209:, in 1933, 1943, 1949, and 1950. She also helped to tend the Mount Wilson Observatory Library. She retired from the observatory in 1949, but continued speaking about astronomy to community groups. She also published a book of poetry, 31: 175: 1070: 1050: 393: 1085: 896: 301: 1075: 1060: 428: 1080: 420:
Centennial History of the Carnegie Institution of Washington: Volume 1, The Mount Wilson Observatory: Breaking the Code of Cosmic Evolution
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with her sister, Priscilla Burwell. She died in 1982, two days before her 99th birthday, in Los Angeles.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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General Catalogue of Officers and Students of Mount Holyoke College, 1837-1911
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in 1906 and was active in Holyoke alumnae activities in the Los Angeles area.
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Cora Gertrude Burwell was born in Massachusetts and raised in
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Annual Report of the Director of the Mount Wilson Observatory
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Catalogue of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
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Sandage, Allan; Brown, Louis; Allan, Sandage (2004).
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International Union for Cooperation in Solar Research
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Burwell, from a 1949 newspaper. 1051:20th-century American women scientists 988:Daily News-Post and Monrovia News-Post 944:"The Mount Wilson Observatory Library" 326:"Entertaining for Visitor from China" 7: 599:"The Astronomer's Most Useful Chart" 560:"Classifying Stars by Their Spectra" 470:"A Nova in Sagittarius (June, 1936)" 271: 269: 267: 265: 178:, when it was held at Mount Wilson. 895:Tipton, Everett (April 28, 1933). 14: 1086:20th-century American astronomers 517:Burwell, Cora G. (October 1938). 375:Mount Wilson Observatory (1906). 1018: 923:"Be stars | Shelyak Instruments" 310:. 1911. p. 339 – via 942:Connor, Elizabeth (June 1950). 468:Burwell, Cora G. (1937-12-01). 254:. 1903. p. 94 – via 1: 1076:Scientists from Massachusetts 897:"Science Finds Hottest Stars" 156:Stafford Springs, Connecticut 1061:Mount Holyoke College alumni 1081:Scientists from Connecticut 997:– via Newspapers.com. 776:; Burwell, Cora G. (1915). 364:– via Newspapers.com. 339:– via Newspapers.com. 290:– via Newspapers.com. 70:Los Angeles, California, US 1107: 1066:American women astronomers 636:Burwell, Cora G. (1950). 597:Burwell, Cora G. (1951). 558:Burwell, Cora G. (1953). 392:Vuong, Zen (2015-10-06). 129: 102: 28: 357:. 1951-04-18. p. 36 283:. 1949-07-01. p. 12 144:Mount Wilson Observatory 124:Mount Wilson Observatory 990:. 1950-01-14. p. 3 332:. 1925-09-05. p. 6 181:Burwell specialized in 220:Cora Burwell lived in 524:Astrophysical Journal 308:Mount Holyoke College 252:Mount Holyoke College 160:Mount Holyoke College 158:. 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Mount Holyoke College
Astronomy
Mount Wilson Observatory
stellar spectroscopy
Mount Wilson Observatory
Stafford Springs, Connecticut
Mount Holyoke College
human computer
International Union for Cooperation in Solar Research
stellar spectroscopy
lead author
Dorrit Hoffleit
Henrietta Swope
Walter S. Adams
Paul W. Merrill
Be stars
Pasadena
Monrovia
Catalogue of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass
Mount Holyoke College
Google Books




"Caltech Librarian, Astronomer End Long-Time Scientific Whirl"
General Catalogue of Officers and Students of Mount Holyoke College, 1837-1911
Mount Holyoke College
Google Books

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