Williamina Fleming

Description: (Scottish Astronomer Famous for Her Discovery of the 'Horsehead Nebula')
Born in Scotland, Williamina Fleming moved to the U.S. with her husband, where she began working as a housekeeper for Harvard Observatory director Edward C. Pickering. Pickering secured her a job at the observatory, and Fleming went on to establish a classification and cataloguing system for stars.

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Birthday May 15, 1857 (Taurus)
Died on May 21, 1911
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