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Cecilia Helena Payne-Gaposchkin
(Cecilia Helena Payne)
(1900-1979)
0000000121475855

Ph.D., Radcliffe College, 1925
Thesis: Stellar atmospheres: A contribution to the observational study of high temperature in the reversing layers of stars
Advisor(s): Shapley, Harlow

Students:

AGID Name University Year Degree Awarded
974 Hogg, Frank Scott Harvard University 1929
1441 Ashbrook, Joseph Harvard University 1948
1862 Kameny, Franklin Edward Harvard University 1956
1983 Smith, Henry Joseph Harvard University 1956
2159 Hodge, Paul William Harvard University 1960
2444 Vyssotsky, Emma T R Williams Radcliffe College 1930
2538 Young, Andrew Tipton Harvard University 1962
2771 Woodward, Edith Jones Radcliffe College 1941
3797 Kaftan-Kassim, May Arif Radcliffe College 1958
2753 Jones, Florence Shirley Patterson Radcliffe College 1941
2006 Drake, Frank Donald Harvard University 1958

According to our current online database, Cecilia Helena Payne-Gaposchkin has 11 students and 0 mentees. We welcome any additional information.

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