Annie Jump Cannon Death Cause and Date

Annie Jump's Death

Born (Birthday) Dec 11, 1863

Death Date April 13, 1941

Age of Death 77 years

Cause of Death Heart Failure

Profession Astronomer

The astronomer Annie Jump died at the age of 77. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

American astronomer who greatly impacted contemporary stellar classification when she created the Harvard Classification Scheme with Edward C. Pickering. She was the first woman elected as an officer of the American Astronomical Society.

Her father, Wilson Lee Cannon, was a shipbuilder and state senator.

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Classifying the stars has helped materially in all studies of the structure of the universe.

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Teaching man his relatively small sphere in the creation, it also encourages him by its lessons of the unity of Nature and shows him that his power of comprehension allies him with the great intelligence over-reaching all.

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No greater problem is presented to the human mind.

Annie Jump Cannon Death Cause and Date