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Lancaster, MA http://search.eb.com/women/article-9047538
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American astronomer known for her discovery of the relationship between period and luminosity in Cepheid variables, pulsating stars that vary regularly in brightness in periods ranging from a few days to several months.

Born July 4, 1868, Lancaster, Mass., U.S.,
died Dec. 12, 1921, Cambridge, Mass.
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