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	Williamina Fleming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming (May 15, 1857 – May 21, 1911), astronomer, was born in Dundee, Scotland, to Robert Stevens and Mary Walker Stevens.
		She married James Orr Fleming, and they moved to the US and settled in Boston, Massachusetts, when she was 21.
		Fleming contributed to the cataloguing of stars that would be published as the Henry Draper Catalogue.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Williamina_Fleming (351 words)

	Fleming, Williamina Paton Stevens
		Born in Dundee, Scotland, on May 15, 1857, Mina (as she was called) Stevens was educated in public schools and from age 14 was a teacher as well as student.
		Fleming is best known for her work on the classification of stellar spectra--the pattern of lines caused by the dispersion of a star's light through a prism placed before a telescope lens.
		Using a technique that came to be known as the Pickering-Fleming system, she studied the tens of thousands of celestial photographs taken for the Draper Memorial--a project dedicated to the amateur astronomer Henry Draper of New York.
	britannica.com /women/articles/Fleming_Williamina_Paton_Stevens.html (302 words)

	Williamina Fleming -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Fleming contributed to the cataloguing of stars that would be published as the (additional info and facts about Henry Draper Catalogue) Henry Draper Catalogue.
		In 1906, she was made an honorary member of the (additional info and facts about Royal Astronomical Society) Royal Astronomical Society of London, the first (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American woman to be so elected.
		She died in (State capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services) Boston of (Respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants) pneumonia.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/williamina_fleming.htm (401 words)

	Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Mina Stevens Fleming, the first to discover stars called "white dwarfs", was born May 15, 1857 in Dundee, Scotland.
		Fleming soon proved that she was also capable of doing science.
		Williamina Fleming died May 21, 1911 in Boston, Massachusetts.
	www.distinguishedwomen.com /biographies/flemingw.html (418 words)

	Williamina Fleming Biography / Biography of Williamina Fleming Biography
		Fleming was considered to be the leading female astronomer of her day and her achievements opened up the field of astronomy for women.
		Born in Dundee Scotland on May 15,1857, Williamina (known as Mina) Fleming was the daughter of Robert and Mary (Walker) Stevens.
		Fleming attended public schools in Dundee until she was 14.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-williamina-fleming (236 words)

	Open Collections Program: Women Working: Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming
		Williamina Paton Stevens was born in Dundee, Scotland, on May 15, 1857.
		Williamina's talent in school was obvious from an early age, and at age fourteen she began teaching in the Dundee public schools.
		During the course of her career, Fleming discovered 10 novae, 52 nebulae, and 310 variable stars- a remarkable achievement for someone without a formal education in astronomy.
	ocp.hul.harvard.edu /ww/people_fleming.html (474 words)

	Fleming, Williamina Paton Stevens (1857-1911)
		Fleming initially served as a maid in the home of Edward Pickering, then was offered part-time work at Harvard College Observatory, of which Pickering was director, as a (human!) computer.
		Fleming's talent was such, however, that in 1881 she was made a permanent member of the staff.
		Her work, published as a catalogue in 1890, was further refined by Annie Jump Cannon.
	daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/F/Fleming.html (241 words)

	What's New at the CfA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Fleming was widely recognized for her important contributions to astronomical research.
		In 1911, Fleming became an honorary member of the Astronomical Society of Mexico and the Astronomical Society of France (a copy of her membership certificate, signed by Camille Flammarion and held at Harvard's Schlesinger Library, is included in the exhibit).
		Williamina Fleming was remembered by her friends and colleagues as a person with a highly magnetic personality and attractive countenance.
	cfa-www.harvard.edu /newtop/previous/011700.html (439 words)

	Willamina Paton Fleming, Anna Mary Robertson, Elizabeth Wiley Corbett
		During her lifetime, Williamina Paton Fleming was America’s most famous female astronomer.
		Fleming’s discoveries “an achievement bordering on the marvelous.”
		Fleming edited all of the publications that issued from the Harvard Observatory shortly after she started work there.
	www.chicago-scots.org /clubs/History/Newsletters/1996/April96-3.htm (691 words)

	Williamina Fleming
		Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming was a Scottish-American astronomer who lived from 1857-1911.
		Variable stars are those that change in light intensity over time.
		Fleming worked at the Harvard Observatory for many years.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /cgi-bin/tour_def/people/modern_era/fleming.html (133 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Williamina Fleming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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	The Hutchinson Encyclopedia: Fleming, Williamina Paton Stevens (1857-1911)@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Hutchinson Encyclopedia: Fleming, Williamina Paton Stevens (1857-1911)@ HighBeam Research
		She was an assistant to Edward Pickering, director of the Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, with whom she compiled the first general catalogue classifying stellar spectra, the distinctive pattern produced by each star when its light is passed through a prism.
		Fleming developed her spectral-classification system by studying photographs of the spectra obtained using prisms placed in front of the objectives of telescopes (the lenses or mirrors that collect...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:100096503&refid=ip_encycl... (189 words)

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