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gptkbp:instanceOf
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astronomer
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:Radcliffe_College
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
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gptkbp:award
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gptkb:Henry_Draper_Medal
gptkb:Annie_Jump_Cannon_Award_in_Astronomy
gptkb:Henry_Norris_Russell_Prize
gptkb:Rittenhouse_Medal
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1900-05-10
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gptkbp:birthName
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gptkb:Cecilia_Helena_Payne
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Wendover,_Buckinghamshire,_England
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Edward_Gaposchkin
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gptkbp:citizenship
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1979-12-07
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts,_USA
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gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor
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gptkb:Harlow_Shapley
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gptkbp:employer
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gptkb:Harvard_University
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gptkbp:field
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gptkb:astronomy
astrophysics
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gptkbp:gender
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female
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Cecilia Payne
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gptkbp:influenced
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astronomical spectroscopy
stellar astrophysics
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:Payne–Gaposchkin_equation
stellar composition
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:American
British
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gptkbp:notableStudent
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gptkb:Helen_Sawyer_Hogg
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gptkbp:notableWork
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demonstrated that stars are primarily composed of hydrogen and helium
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gptkbp:position
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Professor of Astronomy
Chair of the Department of Astronomy at Harvard
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gptkbp:restingPlace
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gptkb:Mount_Auburn_Cemetery
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Sergei_Gaposchkin
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gptkbp:thesisTitle
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gptkb:Stellar_Atmospheres,_A_Contribution_to_the_Observational_Study_of_High_Temperature_in_the_Reversing_Layers_of_Stars
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gptkbp:thesisYear
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1925
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:On_the_Composition_of_the_Sun’s_Atmosphere
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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