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Maria mitchell

Akari Ishida

Maria mitchellAkari Ishida

Early life

Astronomer and educator Maria Mitchell was born one of nine children to Quaker parents William and Lydia Mitchell on august, 1, 1818, in Nantucket Massachusetts where was raised and received and received her early education.
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Life's work

one night in 1847, maria discovered the first "telescopic comet ." Maria was the first person in America to see a telescopic comet.
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Later years

Maria Mitchell hired in the first woman elected to the academy of arts and sciences in 1848. She was the first female astronomy professor.
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contributions

Maria Mitchell died in 1889.In 1905 she was elected to the Hall of fame for great Americans.

Early life

Life's work