Annie Jump Cannon

A presentation by: Emma Tuss

Early Life

Born: December 11th, 1863.

Place of birth: Annie was born in Dover, Delaware

Father: Wilson Cannon, state senator.

Mother: Mary Cannon. 

-Her mother was the one who sparked her fascination for astronomy at a young age.

Annie as a child

Later life

Died: April 13, 1941 

Place of death: Cambridge, Massachusetts 

-Annie developed hearing loss after catching the scarlet fever. She was nearly deaf so she found it difficult to socialize.  

-She never married or had children. 

Annie

Jump Cannon

Education

-Annie attended Wilmington Conference Academy, more commonly known today as Wesley College. 

-She studied under Sarah Frances Whiting. 

-She was valedictorian at Wellesley college 

She graduated with a degree in physics in 1884. 

-Sarah Frances Whiting, hired Annie as a junior physics teacher at the  college. 

-Annie finished her studies and received a MA from Wellesley college. 

Annie's graduation photo

What she was known for 

-Annie Jump Cannon was responsible for classifying hundreds of thousands of stars. 

-She was also known for being apart of a group of bright female astronomers called "The Pickerings Women"

The Pickerings Women

Citations:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jump_Cannon

 -http://www.biography.com/people/annie-jump-cannon-9236960

-https://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/cannon.html

-http://www.sheisanastronomer.org/index.php/history/annie-cannon

-AnnieJumpCannon - Google images