Annie Jump Cannon

Annie Jump Cannon (December 11, 1863 - April 13, 1941) was an American astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. WithEdward 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 nearlydeaf throughout her career.

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Annie Jump Cannon
Annie Jump Cannon in 1922
Born	December 11, 1863 Dover, Delaware[1]
Died	April 13, 1941 (aged 77) Cambridge, Massachusetts
Nationality	American
Known for	Stellar Classification
Influences	Sarah Frances Whiting, American Physicist and Astronomer
Notable awards	Henry Draper Medal (1931)