Maria Mitchell Scientist
Not to be confused with Maia Mitchell, Australian actress and singer.Maria Mitchell (August 1, 1818 – June 28, 1889) was an American astronomer who, in 1847, by using a telescope, discovered a comet which as a result became known as "Miss Mitchell's Comet". She won a gold medal prize for her discovery which was presented to her by King Frederick VI of Denmark - this was remarkable for a woman. On the medal was inscribed "Non Frustra Signorum Obitus Speculamur et Ortus" in Latin (taken from Georgics by Virgil (Book I, line 257) (English: “Not in vain do we watch the setting and rising of the stars”). Mitchell was the first American woman to work as a professional astronomer.One of ten children, she was raised in the Quaker religion but later adopted Christian Unitarianism.
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- http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/seri/AJ.../0001/0000056.000.html
- http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/seri/MNRAS/0002/0000059.000.html
- http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/seri/MNRAS/0008/0000130.000.html
- http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/wright/sweeper/sweeper.html
- http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015033356646
- http://search.eb.com/women/articles/Mitchell_Maria.html
- http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/womenast_bib02.html#3j
- http://www.mmo.org
- http://www.prospecthillcemetery.com/index.php?s=milestones
- http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/mariamitchell.html