Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Annie Jump Cannon

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American scientist Annie Jump Cannon.

Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Annie Jump Cannon was an American astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. With Edward C. Pickering, she is credited with the creation of the Harvard Classification Scheme, which was the first serious attempt to organize and classify stars based on their temperatures and spectral types. She was nearly deaf throughout her career. She was a suffragist and a member of the National Women's Party.

American - Scientist | December 11, 1863 - April 13, 1941

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Classifying the stars has helped materially in all studies of the structure of the universe.

Annie Jump Cannon

Teaching man his relatively small sphere in the creation, it also encourages him by its lessons of the unity of Nature and shows him that his power of comprehension allies him with the great intelligence over-reaching all.

Annie Jump Cannon

No greater problem is presented to the human mind.

Annie Jump Cannon

A life spent in the routine of science need not destroy the attractive human element of a woman's nature.

Annie Jump Cannon