Annie Jump Cannon [SEP] sex or gender
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Cannon died on April 13, 1941, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the age of 77. She died in the hospital after being ill for over a month. The American Astronomical Society presents the Annie Jump Cannon Award annually to female astronomers for distinguished work in astronomy.
Awards and honors.
- 1921, honorary doctorate from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands
- 1925, first woman recipient of an honorary doctorate from Oxford University
- 1929, chosen as one of the "greatest living American
Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy
The Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy is awarded annually by the American Astronomical Society (AAS) to a woman resident of North America, who is within five years of receipt of a Ph.D., for distinguished contributions to astronomy or for similar contributions in related sciences which have immediate application to astronomy. The awardee shall be invited to give a talk at an AAS meeting and is given a $1,500 honorarium.
From 1973–2004 it was awarded by the American Association of University Women on advice from