Harlow Shapley

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:scientist
astronomer
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:University_of_Missouri
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Bruce_Medal
gptkb:Franklin_Medal
gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkb:Henry_Draper_Medal
gptkb:Janssen_Medal
gptkb:Rumford_Prize
gptkb:Ritter_Prize
gptkb:Rittenhouse_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1885-11-02
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Nashville,_Missouri,_United_States
gptkbp:children gptkb:Lloyd_Shapley
gptkbp:deathDate 1972-10-20
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Boulder,_Colorado,_United_States
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Shapley_Supercluster
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Henry_Norris_Russell
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Harvard_Annals
gptkb:Sky_and_Telescope
gptkbp:eponymOf gptkb:Shapley-Ames_Catalog
gptkb:Shapley_Supercluster
gptkb:Shapley_crater
gptkb:Shapley_value
1123 Shapleya (asteroid)
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:cosmology
astrophysics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Harlow Shapley
gptkbp:knownFor locating the center of the Milky Way Galaxy
work on globular clusters
determining the size and shape of the Milky Way Galaxy
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Pontifical_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Cecilia_Payne-Gaposchkin
gptkb:Bart_Bok
gptkb:Donald_Menzel
gptkb:Horace_Babcock
gptkb:Helen_Sawyer_Hogg
gptkbp:politicalActivity advocate for science education
opposed McCarthyism
gptkbp:president gptkb:American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science
gptkb:American_Astronomical_Society
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Flights_from_Chaos
gptkb:Source_Book_in_Astronomy
gptkb:The_Inner_Metagalaxy
gptkb:Through_Rugged_Ways_to_the_Stars
gptkb:Galaxies
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Martha_Betz_Shapley
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:Mount_Wilson_Observatory
gptkb:Harvard_College_Observatory
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Henry_Norris_Russell
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4