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Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia Helena

[Gaposchkin, Cecilia P[ayne], née Payne; Payne, Cecilia Helena]

Born: 19 May 1900, Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, Great Britain
Died: 7 December 1979

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• Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: In Her Own Words, by John Beaver

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Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 6 October 2000. Latest update: 26 Mar 2001
URL: http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/persons/pers_payne-gaposchkin.html