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Ethel Bellamy
Ethel Frances Butwell Bellamy (17 November 1881 – 7 December 1960) was an English astronomical computer and seismologist. She helped catalogue the position of over a million stars. Biography Bellamy was born in Oxford on 17 November 1881 to Montague Edward James Butwell Bellamy (1850–1908) and Mary Bellamy (''née'' Castell). Her uncle Frank Arthur Bellamy was the senior of the two assistants at the Radcliffe Observatory of the University of Oxford; in 1899, at 17 years old, Ethel started to work for him, on a part-time basis from home, as an assistant. She performed computations for Oxford's contributions to the '' Carte du Ciel'' and ''Astrographic Catalogue'' projects, under the directions of the Savilian Professor of Astronomy, Herbert Hall Turner. In 1912 Turner appointed her as second assistant at the observatory, a permanent full-time post, for £50 a year. The job that she took had previously been occupied by another of her uncles, Frederick Bellamy, who had di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astronomy
Astronomy () is a natural science that studies astronomical object, celestial objects and phenomena. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry in order to explain their origin and chronology of the Universe, evolution. Objects of interest include planets, natural satellite, moons, stars, nebulae, galaxy, galaxies, and comets. Relevant phenomena include supernova explosions, gamma ray bursts, quasars, blazars, pulsars, and cosmic microwave background radiation. More generally, astronomy studies everything that originates beyond atmosphere of Earth, Earth's atmosphere. Cosmology is a branch of astronomy that studies the universe as a whole. Astronomy is one of the oldest natural sciences. The early civilizations in recorded history made methodical observations of the night sky. These include the Babylonian astronomy, Babylonians, Greek astronomy, Greeks, Indian astronomy, Indians, Egyptian astronomy, Egyptians, Chinese astronomy, Chinese, Maya civilization, Maya, and many anc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
