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Harlow Shapley
Harlow Shapley was an American scientist, the head of the Harvard University Observatory, and a political activist during the new and subsequent fairness agreements. Shapley used Cepheid variable stars to estimate the size of the Milky Way and the position of the Sun within it using parallax. In 1953, he proposed his theory of the "liquid water belt", now known as the concept of the habitable zone.
BornNovember 2, 1885, Nashville, Missouri, U.S.
DiedOctober 20, 1972, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
FieldsAstronomy
Alma materUniversity of Missouri, Princeton University
Doctoral studentsCecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Carl Seyfert
Other notable studentsGeorges Lemaître
Known forDetermining correct position of Sun within Milky Way Galaxy, head of Harvard College Observatory (1921–1952)
Notable awardsHenry Draper Medal (1926), Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1934), Rittenhouse Medal (1935), Bruce Medal (1939)
Children5, including Mildred Shapley Matthews (b. 1915), Willis Shapley (b. 1917), Lloyd Shapley (b. 1923)

About Harlow Shapley

Astronomer Harlow Shapley was born on November 2, 1885 in Missouri, United States (He dies at the age of 86, on October 20, 1972).

Astronomer who received a prize for correctly forecasting the size of the Milky Way Galaxy. He also coined the phrase"habitable zones", which refers to areas of space where liquid water can exist.

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Harlow Shapley before becoming famous

Harlow Shapley was born in the Zodiac sign Scorpio (The Scorpion), and 1885 is also the year of Rooster (雞) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He studied journalism at the University of Missouri before opting to pursue a career in astronomy.

Achievement of Harlow Shapley

The"Shapley" crater on Earth's moon is named after him.

Harlow Shapley's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He married Martha Betz in 1914. One of his sons is Lloyd Shapley, a Nobel Laureate in Economics.

Harlow Shapley Collabed with

He launched a public crusade against what he perceived as the pseudoscience of Russian doctor Psychologist Immanuel Velikovsky.

Harlow Shapley Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Harlow Shapley updated on March 16 2023.