Emma Vyssotsky

Emma Vyssotsky
Born Emma Williams
(1894-10-23)October 23, 1894
Media, Pennsylvania
Died May 12, 1975(1975-05-12) (aged 80)
Citizenship American
Education Havard University
Spouse(s) Alexander Vyssotsky
Children Victor Vyssotsky
Scientific career
Fields Astronomy
Institutions University of Virginia

Emma Vyssotsky (October 23, 1894 – May 12, 1975[1]), born Emma T. R. Williams in Media, Pennsylvania was an American astronomer.

Biography

She received a Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard College in 1930. She spent her career at the McCormick Observatory of the University of Virginia, where her speciality was the motion of stars and the kinematics of the Milky Way.

She married the Russian-born astronomer Alexander N. Vyssotsky in 1929. They had one son, Victor A. Vyssotsky (a mathematician and computer scientist), who was involved in the Multics project and creator of the Darwin computer game.

Awards

She was awarded the Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy by the American Astronomical Society in 1946.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998". FamilySearch. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy". American Astronomical Society. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  • Oakes, Elizabeth H. (2007). "Vyssotsky, Emma T. R. Williams". Encyclopedia of world scientists (Rev. ed.). New York: Facts on File. pp. 745&ndash, 746. ISBN 9781438118826.


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