| 词条 | Mary Helen Wright Greuter |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Mary Helen Wright Greuter | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Mary Helen Wright Greuter (1914-1997).jpg | image_size = thumb | alt = | caption = Mary Helen Wright Greuter | birth_date = {{birth date |1914|12|20}} | birth_place = Washington, D.C. | death_date = {{death date and age |1997|10|23 |1914|12|20}} | death_place = Washington, D.C. | death_cause = Heart attack | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = American | fields = Astronomy and history | workplaces = Mount Wilson Observatory | patrons = | education = Madeira School | alma_mater = Bennett Junior College | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse = John Franklin Hawkins | partner = | children = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} Mary Helen Wright Greuter (December 20, 1914 – October 23, 1997) was an American astronomer and historian,[1] who wrote and edited on the history and methodology of sciences, including anthropology, archeology, mathematics, and physics. Early yearsBorn in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of the geophysicist Frederick Eugene Wright and Kathleen Ethel Finley. She was known professionally by her family name of Wright. Her siblings included, William F. Wright and Kenneth A. Wright.[2] Wright was educated at Madeira School.[2] She was a Bennett Junior College graduate (1934), and Vassar College graduate (Bachelor's, 1937; Master's in Astronomy, 1939).[2] CareerThrough her father, who led the Carnegie Institution for Science Moon Project at the Mount Wilson Observatory, Wright became acquainted with people at Mt. Wilson, and got a job as an assistant (1937) doing research on the history of telescopes;[3] and in the same year, worked as an assistant at the Vassar College Observatory.[2] She also worked as a Junior Assistant at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. (1942–43); and was associated with Palomar Observatory.[2] In 1943, she became a freelance author and editor.[8] Her best known works include, Explorer of the Universe: A Biography of George Ellery Hale (1966) and Sweeper of the Sky: The Life of Maria Mitchell (1949).[2] Wright was a member of the American Astronomical Society, the History of Science Society, and the International Astronomical Union.[8] Personal lifeShe married and later divorced the artist John Franklin Hawkins, and then married Rene Greuter in 1967,[4] but remained childless.[5] She summered on Sagastaweka Island,[6] and maintained homes in Washington, New Jersey, and Nantucket. Wright's other interests included stone carving. Wright died of a heart attack in 1997 in Washington, D.C.[7] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!306589!0|title=Mary Helen Wright Greuter (1914-1997)|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|accessdate=20 January 2013}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wright Greuter, Mary Helen}}2. ^1 {{cite journal|last=DeVorkin|first=David |date=November 1997|title=H. A. D. News|journal=The Newsletter of the Historical Astronomy Division of the American Astronomical Society |issue=42 |pages=6|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:BVCCgzJe8XwJ:had.aas.org/hadnews/HADN42.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiicSlkJl9S8b82cwNvjAnW3xn3rQLumxHip_DrcJwJvlZ5Lyt6a3RbtuYjRccamXkQE2WtOIJqm8gvIY7HwsSuJ4KQuIrp0-Ws4OsCjv06oP41FowfjIc42psJnm1RDC6EPoye&sig=AHIEtbT-FSsV47Sk6eJN5xpovkFEOOk7yg}} 3. ^{{cite book|title=Current Biography Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QAkaAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=20 January 2013|date=1957|publisher=H. W. Wilson Co.|page=657}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite book|last1=Reginald|first1=R.|last2=Menville|first2=Douglas|last3=Burgess|first3=Mary A.|title=Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L25ycEzuXxIC&pg=PA1134|accessdate=20 January 2013|date=September 2010|publisher=Wildside Press LLC|isbn=978-0-941028-77-6|pages=1134–}} 5. ^{{cite book|author=United States Naval Observatory|title=Proceedings, Nautical Almanac Office Sesquicentennial Symposium: U.S. Naval Observatory, March 3-4, 1999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2w8JAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=20 January 2013|date=1999|publisher=U.S. Naval Observatory|page=172}} 6. ^{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Susan|title=The first summer people: the Thousand Islands 1650-1910|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zpx4AAAAMAAJ|accessdate=20 January 2013|date=10 August 1993|publisher=Stoddart|isbn=978-1-55046-037-7|page=11}} 7. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/02/us/helen-wright-greuter-82-astronomer-and-author.html|title=Helen Wright Greuter, 82, Astronomer and Author|last=Saxon|first=Wolfgang|date=November 2, 1997|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=20 January 2013}} 9 : 1914 births|1997 deaths|American astronomers|Women astronomers|Writers from Washington, D.C.|American women historians|20th-century American historians|Madeira School alumni|20th-century American women writers |
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