Knowledge

Louise Freeland Jenkins

Source 📝

33: 373: 378: 383: 368: 295: 353: 142: 141:
who compiled a valuable catalogue of stars within 10 parsecs of the sun, as well as editing the 3rd edition of the
169: 149: 56: 208:
starting in 1942, and continued in this post until 1958. She would return to visit Japan later in her life.
165: 153: 122: 87: 363: 358: 204: 281: 287: 32: 322:, Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers, vol. 14, no. 2, p. 67-68. 157: 291: 228: 255: 199: 114: 332: 347: 216: 184: 240: 187:
in 1925 after her father died. A year later she returned to teach at a school in
318: 192: 180: 138: 244:, Yale University Observatory, New Haven, Connecticut, 1952. Supplement 1963. 161: 104: 212: 172:. Afterwards, she was an instructor at Mount Holyoke from 1915 to 1920. 164:
in 1917 from the same institution. From 1913 to 1915 she worked at the
188: 176: 259: 338: 198:
In 1932 she returned to the US and became a staff member at
179:, becoming a teacher at the Women's Christian College, a 211:
She was noted for her research into the trigonometric
319:
Louise F. Jenkins, Astronomer and Missionary in Japan
241:
General Catalogue of Trigonometric Stellar Parallaxes
110: 100: 83: 75: 63: 42: 23: 137:(July 5, 1888 – May 9, 1970) was an American 8: 283:The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers 31: 20: 272: 374:20th-century American women scientists 7: 379:People from Fitchburg, Massachusetts 339:Hinomoto Gakuen Senior High School 215:of nearby stars. She also studied 120:Hinomoto Gakuen Girl's High School 14: 384:20th-century American scientists 1: 152:. In 1911 she graduated from 369:Mount Holyoke College alumni 333:Louise Freeland Jenkins 1911 183:school. She returned to the 335:, including portrait image. 202:. She was co-editor of the 200:Yale University Observatory 115:Yale University Observatory 400: 354:American women astronomers 233:Yale Bright Star Catalogue 191:. (Hinomoto Gakuen girl's 143:Yale Bright Star Catalogue 128: 118:Women's Christian College 93: 30: 175:About 1921 she moved to 150:Fitchburg, Massachusetts 57:Fitchburg, Massachusetts 280:Hockey, Thomas (2009). 231:and Louise F. Jenkins, 135:Louise Freeland Jenkins 25:Louise Freeland Jenkins 156:, then she received a 166:Allegheny Observatory 154:Mount Holyoke College 123:Allegheny Observatory 88:Mount Holyoke College 205:Astronomical Journal 288:Springer Publishing 262:is named after her. 238:Louise F. Jenkins, 16:American astronomer 316:Sei-Ichi Sakuma, 297:978-0-387-31022-0 229:Frank Schlesinger 132: 131: 95:Scientific career 391: 309: 308: 306: 304: 277: 148:She was born in 70: 52: 50: 35: 21: 399: 398: 394: 393: 392: 390: 389: 388: 344: 343: 329: 313: 312: 302: 300: 298: 279: 278: 274: 269: 251: 225: 158:Master's degree 121: 119: 117: 84:Alma mater 68: 59: 54: 48: 46: 38: 37:Jenkins in 1911 26: 17: 12: 11: 5: 397: 395: 387: 386: 381: 376: 371: 366: 361: 356: 346: 345: 342: 341: 336: 328: 327:External links 325: 324: 323: 311: 310: 296: 271: 270: 268: 265: 264: 263: 250: 247: 246: 245: 236: 235:, 2nd edition. 224: 221: 217:variable stars 130: 129: 126: 125: 112: 108: 107: 102: 98: 97: 91: 90: 85: 81: 80: 77: 73: 72: 71:(aged 81) 65: 61: 60: 55: 44: 40: 39: 36: 28: 27: 24: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 396: 385: 382: 380: 377: 375: 372: 370: 367: 365: 362: 360: 357: 355: 352: 351: 349: 340: 337: 334: 331: 330: 326: 321: 320: 315: 314: 299: 293: 289: 285: 284: 276: 273: 266: 261: 257: 253: 252: 248: 243: 242: 237: 234: 230: 227: 226: 222: 220: 218: 214: 209: 207: 206: 201: 196: 194: 190: 186: 185:United States 182: 178: 173: 171: 167: 163: 159: 155: 151: 146: 144: 140: 136: 127: 124: 116: 113: 109: 106: 103: 99: 96: 92: 89: 86: 82: 78: 74: 66: 62: 58: 45: 41: 34: 29: 22: 19: 317: 301:. Retrieved 282: 275: 239: 232: 223:Bibliography 210: 203: 197: 174: 147: 134: 133: 111:Institutions 94: 69:(1970-05-09) 53:July 5, 1888 18: 364:1970 deaths 359:1888 births 254:The crater 193:high school 76:Nationality 67:May 9, 1970 348:Categories 303:August 22, 267:References 181:missionary 170:Pittsburgh 139:astronomer 49:1888-07-05 162:astronomy 105:Astronomy 213:parallax 79:American 258:on the 256:Jenkins 294:  249:Honors 189:Himeji 101:Fields 177:Japan 305:2012 292:ISBN 260:Moon 64:Died 43:Born 195:.) 168:in 160:in 350:: 290:. 286:. 219:. 145:. 307:. 51:) 47:(

Index


Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Mount Holyoke College
Astronomy
Yale University Observatory
Allegheny Observatory
astronomer
Yale Bright Star Catalogue
Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Mount Holyoke College
Master's degree
astronomy
Allegheny Observatory
Pittsburgh
Japan
missionary
United States
Himeji
high school
Yale University Observatory
Astronomical Journal
parallax
variable stars
Frank Schlesinger
General Catalogue of Trigonometric Stellar Parallaxes
Jenkins
Moon
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers
Springer Publishing
ISBN

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.