8/1/1905 — #wmnhist #STEMfem Helen Battles Sawyer Hogg-Priestly, astronomer, professor, author, columnist, b. Lowell, MA. International expert renowned for her research on variable stars within globular clusters. Her cataloging of variable stars is foundational to the International Astronomical Almanac. Wrote the popular book “The Stars Belong to Everyone” (1976), numerous scholarly articles, an a weekly astronomy column for the Toronto Star (1951-81).
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