Louise Freeland Jenkins
Louise Freeland Jenkins | |
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.jpeg) Jenkins in 1911 | |
| Born | July 5, 1888 |
| Died | May 9, 1970 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Mount Holyoke College |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | Yale University Observatory Women's Christian College Hinomoto Gakuen Girl's High School Allegheny Observatory |
Louise Freeland Jenkins (July 5, 1888 – May 9, 1970) was an American
Yale Bright Star Catalogue
.
She was born in
Pittsburgh. Afterwards, she was an instructor at Mount Holyoke from 1915 to 1920.[1]
About 1921 she moved to
high school
.)
In 1932 she returned to the US and became a staff member at
Astronomical Journal
starting in 1942, and continued in this post until 1958. She would return to visit Japan later in her life.
She was noted for her research into the trigonometric parallax of nearby stars. She also studied variable stars.
Bibliography
- Frank Schlesinger and Louise F. Jenkins, Yale Bright Star Catalogue, 2nd edition.
- Louise F. Jenkins, General Catalogue of Trigonometric Stellar Parallaxes, Yale University Observatory, New Haven, Connecticut, 1952. Supplement 1963.
Honors
References
- ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
- Sei-Ichi Sakuma, Louise F. Jenkins, Astronomer and Missionary in Japan, Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers, vol. 14, no. 2, p. 67-68.
External links
- Louise Freeland Jenkins 1911, including portrait image.
- Hinomoto Gakuen Senior High School
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