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Wider known outside, perhaps, than inside the University, was Mrs. Williamina Paton Fleming, whose interesting life and invaluable astronomical researches are commemorated by Professor Edward C. Pickering...
...will of Mrs. Williamina Paton Fleming the proceeds of a life insurance policy is left to the University for the benefit of the Astronomical Observatory. At the death of her son the donor's real estate will also revert to the University for the Observatory. Mrs. Fleming was connected with the Observatory for thirty years. She was born in Scotland in 1857 and taught at Dundee for several years. Since coming to this country she had been very active in astronomical work and was well known as the discoverer of several new stars. She was also the first to ascertain...
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