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    Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming (15 May 1857 – 21 May 1911) was a Scottish astronomer. She was a single mother hired by the director of the Harvard College...
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    as distance markers in space. Other computers in the team included Williamina Fleming and Florence Cushman. Although these women started primarily as calculators...
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    named after Alexander Fleming and the Scottish astronomer Williamina Fleming. Mount Fleming in New Zealand's Paparoa Range was named after him in 1970...
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    named after Alexander and Williamina Fleming. Prior to naming in 1970 by the IAU, this crater was known as Crater 203. Fleming is one of the largest craters...
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    College Observatory, in which a team of woman computers, notably Williamina Fleming, Antonia Maury, and Annie Jump Cannon, classified the spectra recorded...
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    a horse's head. The nebula was discovered by Scottish astronomer Williamina Fleming in 1888 on a photographic plate taken at the Harvard College Observatory...
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    astronomer Edward Charles Pickering at the Harvard College Observatory. The assistants also included Annie Jump Cannon, Williamina Fleming, and Antonia Maury....
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  • disease and dementia Williamina Fleming (1857–1911), Scottish astronomer Bernard Fleming (born 1937), Scottish footballer Brittyn Fleming (born 1999), American...
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    pp. 106–108, Hearnshaw 1986. "Williamina Fleming". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 10 June 2020. "Williamina Paton Fleming -". www.projectcontinua.org. Retrieved...
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    tons due to the size of photographic plates. He also, along with Williamina Fleming and Annie Jump Cannon designed a stellar classification system based...
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