Annie Jump Cannon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Annie Jump Cannon

American astronomer

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1863

Place of Birth: Dover, Delaware, United States

Date of Death: 13-Apr-1941

Profession: astronomer, physicist, astrophysicist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Annie Jump Cannon (; December 11, 1863 – April 13, 1941) was an American astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification.
With Edward C.
Pickering, she is credited with the creation of the Harvard Classification Scheme, which was the first serious attempt to organize and classify stars based on their temperatures and spectral types.
She was nearly deaf throughout her career.
She was a suffragist and a member of the National Women's Party.