Henrietta Leavitt’s Death – Cause and Date
Born (Birthday) July 4, 1868
Death Date December 12, 1921
Age of Death 53 years
Cause of Death Cancer
Profession Astronomer
The astronomer Henrietta Leavitt died at the age of 53. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Astronomer who helped measure the relative brightness of Cepheid variables, which helped scientists to measure distances to stars. After her death her work was used to determine that the Milky Way is not the only galaxy in the observable universe.
She was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, the daughter of George Roswell Leavitt, a Congregational church minister.