Definition of Harlow Shapley

1. Noun. United States astronomer (1885-1972).

Exact synonyms: Shapley
Generic synonyms: Astronomer, Stargazer, Uranologist

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Literary usage of Harlow Shapley

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1919)
"BY Harlow Shapley. (Read April 25, 1919.) Social relationships among stars are nearly as common as among men and the lower animals. ..."

2. Ten Years' Work of a Mountain Observatory: A Brief Account of the Mount by George Ellery Hale (1915)
"Harlow Shapley. 7 pp. 87. The Spectra of Four of the Temporary Stars. ... Harlow Shapley. 18 pp. 91. New Variables in the Center of Messier 3. ..."

3. The Command of Light: Rowland's School of Physics and the Spectrum by George Kean Sweetnam (2000)
"At Harvard, Harlow Shapley became aware of Wood's ... Adams to Wood, 2 November 1942; Harlow Shapley to Adams, 26 January 1944; Adams to Shapley, ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"Studies of Magnitudes in Star Clusters, V. Further Evidence of the Absence of Scattering of Light in Space:" Harlow Shapley, Mount Wilson Solar Observatory, ..."

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