Birth | : | 4 Jul 1868 Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA |
Death | : | 12 Dec 1921 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA |
Burial | : | Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, USA |
Coordinate | : | 42.3675003, -71.1399994 |
Plot | : | Prospect Ave., Lots 1223-1224 |
Inscription | : | Roswell Henry Leavitt Born Oct 4, 1871 Died Jan 8, 1873 Mira Fay Leavitt Born Feb 20, 1878 Died Dec 1, 1880 Henrietta Swan Leavitt Born July 4, 1868 Died Dec 12, 1921 Children of George R and Hen |
Description | : | Henrietta Leavitt was a world class Astronomer who was a member of the faculty at Harvard University. She is responsible for the theroys of modern day Algebra as we know it today.∼Information provided by Julie (Member#47423887)- thank you! Henrietta Leavitt 1868 - 1921 Henrietta Leavitt was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the daughter of a Congregational minister. She attended Oberlin College and the Society for Collegiate Instruction of Women (later Radcliffe College). As a senior in 1892, Leavitt discovered astronomy. After graduation she took another course in it, but then spent several years at home when she suffered a serious illness that... Read More |
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Henrietta Swan Leavitt's memorial is located at: Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, USA.
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Henrietta Swan Leavitt death on 12 Dec 1921 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
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Latitude: 42.3675003
Longitude: -71.1399994
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