Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin
Occupation
Astronomer
Year born
1900
Research Areas
Stars, Spectroscopy
- Early Life
Cecilia was born in Wendover, England. Her mother was interested in lots of different topics like nature, music and theatre. Cecilia spent lots of time reading in her home's library.
At the age of 19, she won a scholarship to Cambridge University to study science. During that time, Cecilia went to a talk given by Arthur Eddington. Arthur talked about his recent trip to Africa to observe the stars near a solar eclipse. This sparked Cecilia's interest in astronomy.
Masatoshi Koshiba
Occupation: Astrophysicist
Year born: 1926
Research Areas: Neutrinos, Detectors, Particle Physics, Cosmic Rays