Annie Jump Cannon
Annie Jump Cannon
Annie Jump Cannonwas an American astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. With Edward C. Pickering, she is credited with the creation of the Harvard Classification Scheme, which was the first serious attempt to organize and classify stars based on their temperatures. She was nearly deaf throughout her career...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth11 December 1863
CountryUnited States of America