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Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin

British-born american astronomer.

Born May 10th, 1900 in Wendover. [ref]

Died December 7th, 1979 at 79 years old in Cambridge (cancer). [ref]

Occupations
astronomer, astrophysicist, university teacher
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We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening. Zhuangzi