Dorothea Klumpke

American astronomer (1861–1942)

Dorothea Klumpke Roberts (August 9, 1861 – October 5, 1942) was an American astronomer. In 1893, she became the first woman to earn a doctorate degree at the Sorbonne University. She joined the Paris Observatory where her work consisted of measuring star positions, processing astrophotographs, and studying stellar spectra and meteorites.

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