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Henrietta Swope
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Henrietta_Swope
GPTKB entity
Statements (22)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:person
astronomer
gptkbp:almaMater
gptkb:Radcliffe_College
gptkbp:awardReceived
gptkb:Annie_Jump_Cannon_Award_in_Astronomy
gptkbp:birthDate
1902-10-26
gptkbp:birthPlace
gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri,_United_States
gptkbp:contributedTo
gptkb:Swope_Supernova_Survey
gptkbp:deathDate
1980-11-24
gptkbp:employer
gptkb:Carnegie_Institution_for_Science
gptkb:Harvard_College_Observatory
gptkbp:field
gptkb:astronomy
gptkbp:gender
female
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Henrietta Swope
gptkbp:knownFor
measuring distances to galaxies
work on Cepheid variable stars
gptkbp:namesakeOf
gptkb:Swope_Telescope
gptkbp:nationality
gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableStudent
gptkb:Harlow_Shapley
gptkbp:parent
gptkb:Gerard_Swope
gptkbp:restingPlace
gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Swope_Telescope
gptkbp:bfsLayer
4