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Margaret Walton Mayall (January 27, 1902 – December 6, 1995) was an American astronomer. She was the director of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) from 1949 to 1973.[1]
Early life and education [ edit ]
Mayall (born Margaret Lyle Walton) was born in Iron Hill, Maryland, on 27 January 1902.[1] She attended the University of Delaware , where her interest in astronomy grew after taking math and chemistry courses.[2] She then moved to Swarthmore College , where she received her Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics in 1924.[3]
She earned an MA in Astronomy from Radcliffe College , Harvard University, in 1928 and worked as a research assistant and astronomer at Harvard College Observatory from 1924 to 1954, initially working with Annie Jump Cannon on classifying star spectra and estimating star brightness.[3] During this time, she would spend summers working with Margaret Hardwood of the Maria Mitchell Observatory in Nantucket , MA , where she became interested in researching variable stars .[4] She was a research staff member at the Heat Research Laboratory, Special Weapons Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1943 to 1946.[5]
Personal life [ edit ]
While working in Nantucket, she met Robert Newton Mayall, a member of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO), and would marry in 1927.[1] They co-wrote several books on sundial and other subjects while working with the Ernst Sundial Collection of Harvard.[4]
She died of congestive heart failure in Cambridge, Massachusetts , on 6 December 1995.[1]
In 1957, she was the recipient of the G. Bruce Blair Gold Medal from the Western Amateur Society.[4]
In 1958, she won the Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy .[1]
In 1982, a minor planet was named, 3342 Fivesparks , in honor of her and her husband's home in Cambridge .[4]
References [ edit ]
^ "Halley's Comet & Northern Lights Stimulated Interest in Astronomy for a Young Lady From Iron Hill" . Window on Cecil County's Past . January 16, 2015. Retrieved 2022-11-03 .
^ a b Notick, Samantha (2022). "Margaret Walton Mayall" . Wolbach Library . Archived from the original on November 3, 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-03 .
^ a b c d "Margaret Walton Mayall" . library.cfa.harvard.edu . Retrieved 2024-03-20 .
^ Saladyga, Michael. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers (PDF) . p. 751.
Further reading [ edit ]
Williams, Thomas R.; Saladyga, Michael (2011). Advancing Variable Star Astronomy: The Centennial History of the American Association of Variable Star Observers . Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49634-6 .
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