Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1900)

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

British and American astronomer (1900–1979)

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin was a British-born American astronomer and astrophysicist. Her work on the cosmic makeup of the universe and the nature of variable stars was foundational to modern astrophysics.