Harlow Shapley

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Gender	Female
Death	52 years ago
Date of birth	November 2,1885
Zodiac sign	Scorpio
Born	Nashville
	Missouri
	United States
Date of died	October 20,1972
Died	Boulder
	Colorado
	United States
Discovered	878 Mildred
Job	Actor
	Astronomer
	Screenwriter
Education	Princeton University
	University of Missouri
Awards	Bruce Medal
	Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
	Franklin Medal
	Henry Draper Medal
	Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
	Rumford Prize
	Janssen Medal
	Rittenhouse Medal
	Pius XI Medal
Children	Lloyd Shapley
	Mildred Shapley Matthews
	Willis Shapley
	Alan H. Shapley
	Carl Betz Shapley
Parents	Sarah Shapely
	Willis Shapely
Grandchildren	Deborah Shapley
Date of Reg.	2019-02-23 00:57:51
Date of Upd.	2023-11-12 17:43:48
ID	457071

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Harlow Shapley Life story

Harlow Shapley was an American scientist, head of the Harvard College Observatory, and political activist during the latter New Deal and Fair Deal. Shapley used Cepheid variable stars to estimate the size of the Milky Way Galaxy and the Sun's position within it by using parallax.