Maria Mitchell (/məˈraɪə/;[1] August 1, 1818 – June 28, 1889) was an American astronomer, librarian, naturalist, and educator.[2] In 1847, she discovered a comet named 1847 VI (modern designation C/1847 T1) that was later known as "Miss Mitchell's Comet" in her honor.[3] She won a gold medal prize for her discovery, which was presented to her by King Christian VIII of Denmark in 1848. Mitchell was the first internationally known woman to work as both a professional astronomer and a professor of astronomy after accepting a position at Vassar College in 1865.[4][5] She was also the first woman elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[4][6]
Mitchell is the namesake of the Maria Mitchell Association, the Maria Mitchell Observatory, and the Maria Mitchell Aquarium.
^"Maria Mitchell's House" on YouTube
^"About Maria Mitchell | Maria Mitchell Association". Retrieved November 1, 2019.
^"Maria Mitchell Biography". Biography. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
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Angeles, California. The purpose of the move was to advance the careers of Maria and her younger sister, Marjorie. Both sisters became dance professionals...
States in 1972. They had several children including broadcast journalist Maria Shriver. Eunice Mary Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on July...
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Maria Antonia Josepha Benedicta Rosalia Petronella of Austria (18 January 1669 – 24 December 1692) was an Electress of Bavaria as the wife of Maximilian...
City. The first person appointed to the Vassar faculty was astronomer MariaMitchell, in 1865. Vassar adopted coeducation in 1969. Immediately following...
canonized a saint by the Catholic Church, on July 7, 1946. She was born Maria Francesca Cabrini on July 15, 1850, in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, in the Lombard...
Nettie Maria Stevens (July 7, 1861 – May 4, 1912) was an American geneticist who discovered sex chromosomes. In 1905, soon after the rediscovery of Mendel's...
Emily Dickinson. London: Virago Press. ISBN 0-394-74766-6. Mitchell, Domhnall Mitchell and Maria Stuart. 2009. The International Reception of Emily Dickinson...
journalistic history. It occurred in 1972, when Nixon's attorney general, John Mitchell, warned reporter Carl Bernstein about a forthcoming article: "Katie Graham's...
(de) (nl) (1926–2012), Sonny Clark, Beryl Booker, Jimmy Raney and Red Mitchell. A recording of a live set in Germany was released as Lady Love – Billie...
Jefferson Awards. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver inducted Ride into the California Hall of Fame at the California...
stable, self-sustaining marine aquarium. 1848: American astronomer MariaMitchell became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences;...
happened". CBS News. September 25, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2018. Fink, Mitchell (2007). The Last Days of Dead Celebrities. New York City: Miramax Books...
before she entered Vassar College in 1865, where she met the astronomer MariaMitchell. During her time at Vassar College, her father died and her brother...
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