Caroline Furness

For the ethnologist, see Caroline Furness Jayne.

Caroline Ellen Furness (June 24, 1869 – February 9, 1936) was an American astronomer who taught at Vassar College in the early twentieth century. She studied under Mary Watson Whitney at Vassar and was the first woman to earn a PhD in astronomy from Columbia. She collaborated on variable star observations with Whitney from 1909 to 1911.[1] In 1915, she authored the authoritative textbook Introduction to the Study of Variable Stars.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Larsen, Kristine. "Caroline Ellen Furness (1869-1936)". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Hockey, Thomas R. (2007-09-18). Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer. pp. 396–397. ISBN 9780387304007.
  3. ↑ "Caroline E. Furness - Vassar College Encyclopedia". Vassar College. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  4. ↑ Makemson, Maud W. (May 1936). "Caroline Ellen Furness". Popular Astronomy 44 (5): 233–238.