Eleanor Annie Lamson

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Beverly Banner (Beverly, N.J.), April 9, 1926.
Black and white clipping from a newspaper featuring photographs of four different people.
Photograph of Elanor A. Lamson (bottom right) at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C, and others, published in the Beverly Banner (newspaper). April 9, 1926.

Eleanor Annie Lamson (19 April 1875 – 27 July 1932) was an astronomer and the first woman scientist at the US Naval Observatory.[1][2]

Eleanor Annie Lamson
Born19 April 1875
Died27 July 1932 (aged 57)
Alma materGeorge Washington University
Scientific career
InstitutionsUnited States Naval Observatory

Early life and education

Eleanor Annie Lamson was born in Washington, D.C, to Franklin Silas Lamson and Anne Frances Lamson.[1][2] In 1887, she obtained her B.S in mathematics from George Washington University and her M.S in astronomy two years later in 1889.[1]

Research and career

After her degree, Lamson got a job as a "

National Research Council Delegate for the International Astronomical Union and was promoted to associate scientist at the US Naval Observatory, the first time a woman held this title.[1]

Her contribution to the USS S-21 expedition, one of the first submarine missions to understand Earth's gravity in oceanic regions, is detailed in the appendix of the paper published about this experiment.[1][3] In 1929, she wrote the technical summary of the submarine cruise for the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey's Annual Report on Operations.[4]

There are many scientific papers bearing her name describing her work on orbits for numerous different comets and for bodies that orbit Mars.[5][6][7]

Selected publications

References

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