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Haas, Emma Phoebe Waterman

Dr. Emma Phoebe Waterman. In Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Publications, v. 25, June 1913: 168.
   Q145.F7, v. 5
   Note reporting her appointment as assistant in the Argentine National Observatory at Córdoba.

Williams, Thomas R. Phoebe Haas – an AAVSO volunteer. In American Association of Variable Star Observers. Journal, v. 20, no. 1, 1991: 18-22. port.
   QB835.A455, v. 20
   References (11): p. 21.

Hack de Rosa, Margherita

Böhm, Conrad A. Margherita Hack. In his 250 anni di astronomia a Trieste. Trieste, MGS Press, 1998. p. 101.

Ceratto, Marina, and Arabella Girotti. Hack, Margherita. In their Il "Chi è?" delle donne italiane, 1945-1982. Milano, A. Mondadori, 1982. p. 147.
   CT3450.C47 1982

Hack, Margherita. L'amica delle stelle: storia di una vita. [Milano] Rizzoli [1998] 301 p., [4] p. of plates. illus., ports.
   QB460.72.H33A3 1998

Hack, Margherita. In Le Donne italiane, il Chi è del ‘900. A cura di Miriam Mafai. Milano, Rizzoli, 1993. p. 254.
   CT3540.D66 1993

Hack de Rosa, Margherita. In Who's who in Italy. 1994. Edited by Giancarlo Colombo. v. 1, A-O. Bresso/Milano, Who's Who in Italy s.r.l. (Sutter's international red series) p. 1131-1132.
   CT1123.W46, 1994

Hack de Rosa, Prof. Margherita. In Who's who in European research and development. 1995. London, [New Providence, N.J.] Bowker-Saur, 1995. p. 237.
   Q141.W56 1995

Relazione per il conferimento [alla Prof. Margherita Hack] del Premio Linceo per l'Astronomia, Geodesia, Geofisica e Applicazioni, per il 1980. Commissione: Livio Gratton(Presidente), Michele Caputo, Antonio Marussi, Leonida Rosino, Nicolò Dallaporta (Relatore). In Accademia nazionale dei Lincei, Rome. Atti. anno 377; 1980. Rendiconti delle adunanze solenni. v. 8, fasc. 4. Adunanza solenne del 26 giugno 1980. Roma, 1981. p. 206.
   AS222.R65, v. 8

Hamilton, Elizabeth Langdon Williams

Hoyt, William G. Planets X and Pluto. Tuscon, University of Arizona Press [1980] xiv, 302 p. illus., ports.
   QB701.H69
   For information about Elizabeth Langdon Williams and her contribution to the search for a trans-Neptunian planet, see index references under her name.

Putnam, William L. The explorers of Mars Hill; a centennial history of Lowell Observatory, 1894-1994. West Kennebunk, Me., Published for Lowell Observatory by Phoenix Pub. [1994] xix, 289 p. illus., ports., fold. table.
   QB82.U6F537 1994
   For information about Elizabeth Langdon Williams and her contribution to the search for a trans-Neptunian planet, see index references under her name.
   A snapshot portrait taken in 1923 appears on p. 174.

Hammel, Heidi B.

Bailey, Martha J. Hammel, Heidi. In her American women in science, 1950 to the present; a biographical dictionary. Santa Barbara, Calif., ABC-CLIO [1998] p. 156-157. port.
   Bibliography: p. 157.
   Q141.B254 1998

Dr. Heidi B. Hammel. In Nautical Almanac Office Sesquicentennial Symposium, Washington, D.C., 1999. Proceedings, Nautical Almanac Office Sesquicentennial Symposium, U.S. Naval Observatory, March 3-4, 1999. Edited by Alan D. Fiala and Steven J. Dick. Washington, D.C., U.S. Naval Observatory, 1999. p. 418.
   QB8.N25 1999

Flanagan, Ruth. Observer of the gas giants. Astronomy, v. 25, July 1997: 50-55. col. illus., col. ports.
   QB1.A7998, v. 25
   "From the comet-ravaged cloudtops of Jupiter to the dynamic atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune, astronomer Heidi Hammel shows that the outer planets hold surprises."

Klumpke-Roberts Award: Heidi B. Hammel. Mercury, v. 24, Sept./Oct. 1995: 6.

Kupferberg, Natalie. Heidi Hammel (1960- ), astronomer. In Notable women in the physical sciences, a biographical dictionary. Edited by Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1997. p. 166-172. port.
   Q141.N734 1997
   Notes (16): p. 171.
   Bibliography: p. 171-172.

Hansen, Candice J.

Swift, David W. Candice J. (Candy) Hansen, Voyager imaging experiment representative. In his Voyager tales. Reston, Va., American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics [1997] p. 315-325. port.
   QB601.S95 1997
   Biographical sketch and interview.

Harwood, Margaret

Awards, Radcliffe quarterly, v. 41, Aug. 1957: 14. port.
   LH1.R2Q8, v. 41
   Notes presentation of Graduate Chapter Medal to Margaret Harwood; includes text of citation and brief biographical sketch.

Drake, Thomas E. A scientific outpost: the first half century of the Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association. Nantucket, Mass., Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association, 1968. 32 p. illus., port.
   QB36.M7D7
   References (22): p. 32.
   Provides information on Miss Harwood's career.

Harwood, Margaret. A short fifty years. Radcliffe quarterly, v. 41, Aug. 1957: 13-14. port.
   LH1.R2Q8, v. 41

Margaret Harwood. Radcliffe quarterly, v. 65, June 1979: 49.
   LH1.R2Q8, v. 65

Margaret Hardwood. Sky and telescope, v. 57, May 1979: 430.
   QB1.S536, v. 57

Martin, Heather. Margaret Harwood (1885-1979), astronomer. In Notable women in the physical sciences, a biographical dictionary. Edited by Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer. Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1997. p. 176-178.
   Q141.N734 1997
   Notes (3): p. 177.
   Bibliography: p. 177-178.

Milite, George A. Margaret Harwood, 1885-1979. American astronomer. In Notable women scientists. Pamela Proffitt, editor. Detroit, Gale Group [1999] p. 227-228.
   Q141.N736 1999
   References (2): p. 228.

Stackpole, Edouard. Miss Harwood. In Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association. Annual report. 78th; 1979. Nantucket, Mass. [1980] p. 13.
   Q11.N15, 1979
   Extracts from an obituary published in The Inquirer and Mirror.
   A portrait of Miss Harwood appears on p. 2.

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Hasan, Hashima

Hashima Hasan goes to NASA headquarters. Space Telescope Science Institute newsletter, v. 16, Sept. 1999: 14. port.

Hawkins, Isabel

Isabel Hawkins. In American Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 83, Dec. 1996: 7.
   Brief biography and statement in connection with her candidacy for the AAS Nominating Committee.

Hayes, Ellen Amanda

Bailey, Martha J. Hayes, Ellen Amanda (1851-1930), astronomer. In her American women in science, a biographical dictionary. Santa Barbara, Calif., ABC-CLIO, 1994. p. 157-158.
   Q141.B25 1994

Brown, Louise. Ellen Hayes, trail-blazer. [New York, 1932] 48 p. illus.
   IaAS

Hayes, Ellen. In Women's who's who of America. A biographical dictionary of contemporary women of the United States and Canada. 1914-1915. John William Leonard, editor-in-chief. New York, American Commonwealth Co. [1914] p. 374.
   E663.W87

Haynes, Martha Patricia

Haynes first HS Hogg Visitor to Toronto. In American Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 89, Mar. 1998: 7. port.

Hazen, Martha Locke

Hazen, Martha L. In Who's who in technology. 7th ed. Kimberley A. McGrath, editor. New York, Gale Research [1995] p. 481.
   T39.W5 1995

Heap, Sara Ridgway

Katz, Jessie. Sally Heap: Lindsay Award winner. Goddard news, v. 34, Aug. 1992: 6. port.

Sara R. Heap. In American Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 58, Dec. 1991: 4.
   Brief biography and statement in connection with her candidacy for the office of AAS councilor

Hedrick, Hannah Fancher Mace

Hedrick, Hannah Fancher Mace (Mrs. Henry Benjamin Hedrick). In Woman's who's who of America. A biographical dictionary of contemporary women of the United States and Canada. 1914-1915. John William Leonard, editor-in-chief. New York, American Commonwealth Co. [1914] p. 378.
   E663.W87

Heisler, Charlene Anne

Heisler, Charlene Anne, Dr. In Australian men and women of science, engineering and technology. Reed Reference Australia in association with the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. [Port Melbourne, Vic., Reed Reference Australia; New Providence, NJ, R R Bowker, distributor, 1995] p. 231.
   Q141.A78 1995

Norris, Raymond P., Michael M. De Robertis, and Sun Kwok. Charlene Anne Heisler, 1961-1999. In American Astronomical Society. Bulletin, v. 32, no. 4, 2000: 1668-1669. port.

Helin, Eleanor Kay Francis

Barnes-Svarney, Patricia L. Eleanor F. Helin. Ad astra, v. 3, July/Aug. 1991: 12. port.
   TL787.A277, v. 3

Dixon, Robert T. [Dr. Eleanor Helin] In his Dynamic astronomy. 6th ed. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall, 1992. p. 253-254. col. port.
   QB43.2.D58 1991
   Briefly describes her work in searching for near-earth asteroids.

Helin, Eleanor F. Untitled remarks [on her search for near-earth asteroids] In Liller, William. The Cambridge guide to astronomical discovery. [Cambridge, New York] Cambridge University Press [1992] p. 81-83. port.
   QB64.L55 1992
   Helin initiated the Palomar Planet-crossing Asteroid Survey in Jan. 1973 and has pursued it actively ever since.

Hellman, Clarisse Doris

C. Doris Hellman, history teacher. New York times, v. 122, Mar. 29, 1973: 50.
   &CPR

C. Doris Hellman (1919-1973). Journal for the history of astronomy, v. 4, June 1973: 136.
   QB15.J368, v. 4

C. Doris Hellman Pepper. Radcliffe quarterly, v. 57, June 1973: 34-35.
   LH1.R2Q8, v. 57

C. Doris Hellman Pepper. Vassar alumnae magazine, v. 46, Apr. 1961: 34. port.
   LH1.V3A4, v. 46

Doris Hellman Pepper. Vassar quarterly, v. 69, summer 1973: 66.
   LH1.V3A4, v. 69

Historian of astronomy. Sky and telescope, v. 45, May 1973: 278.
   QB1.S536, v. 45

Ronan, Colin A. Clarissa Doris Hellman. In Royal Astronomical Society. Quarterly journal, v. 15, Sept. 1974: 358.

Rosen, Edward. C. Doris Hellman (1910-1973). Archives internationales d'histoire des sciences, v. 25, juin 1975: 94-95.
   Q1.A67, v. 25 Reprinted, with a portrait, in Isis, v. 66, Dec. 1975, p. 561-652
   (Q1.I7, v. 66)

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Hemenway, Mary-Kay Meacham

Duncan, Douglas K. Hats off to Mary Kay Hemenway as the successful AASTRA program comes to an end. In American Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 96, Aug. 1999: 15.

Hemenway, Mary K. In Who's who in technology. 7th ed. Kimberley A. McGrath, editor. New York, Gale Research [1995] p. 488.

Mary K. Hemenway. In American Astronomical Society. AAS newsletter, 53, Dec. 1990: 4.
   Brief biography and statement in connection with her candidacy for the position of AAS education officer.

White, James C. University of Texas at Austin honors ASP officer. Mercury, v. 30, Jan./Feb. 2001: 5. port. (Society scope, news and information for Society members)
   "In October, Mary Kay Hemenway, a research associate and senior lecturer in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin, received the Honorary Life Member award from the Science Teachers Association of Texas (STAT). The award honors Hemenway's years of dedication and significant contributions to science education in Texas."

Herman, Renée Montagne

Herman, Renée (Mme), née Montagne (1908). In France. Délégation générale à la recherche scientifique et technique. Répertoire des scientifiques française. t. 5. Physique. [Paris, La Documentation française] 1967. p. 119-120.
    Q145.F7, v. 5

Hubert, Anne M. Nécrologie. [Madame Renée Herman] Journal des astronomes français, no. 42, juil. 1992: 33.

Herschel, Caroline Lucretia

Adams, William H. Davenport. Caroline Herschel. In his Child-life and girlhood of remarkable women; a series of chapters from female biography. New York, E. P. Dutton, 1895. p. 271-275. port.
   CT3202.A35

Brandt, Rudolf. Karoline Herschel. Zur 200. Wiederkehr ihres Geburtstages. Die Sterne, 25. Jahrg., Heft 10/12, 1949: 180-191.

Brück, Mary T. Caroline Herschel's Irish connection. Irish astronomical journal, v. 26, Jan. 1999: 5. port.

Bullard, Margaret. My small Newtonian sweeper–where is it now? In Royal Society of London. Notes and records, v. 42, July 1988: 139-148. illus.
   Q41.L835, v. 42
   References (24): p. 148.
   On a telescope used by Caroline Herschel

Buttmann, Günther. Karoline Herschel. In his Wilhelm Herschel; Leben und Werk. Stuttgart, Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1961. (Grosse Naturforscher, Bd. 24) p. 120-125. port.
   QB36.H6B8

Buttman, Günther. Karoline Herschel: zu ihrem 250. Geburtstag. Sterne und Weltraum, 39. Jahrg., Nr. 2/3, 2000: 180-181. port. (Geschichte)
   Reference (1): p. 181.

Calvert, H. R. The presentation of Carolina Herschel's telescope to the Society by Sir John Herschel. In Royal Astronomical Society. Quarterly journal, v. 11, June 1970: 105-108.
   QB1.R732, v. 11

Chambers, William. Story of the Herschels. In his Stories of remarkable persons. Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, 1878. p. 7-23.
   CT105.C4

Clerke, Agnes M. Caroline Herschel. In her The Herschels and modern astronomy. London, New York, Cassell, 1901. (The Century science series) p. 115-141. port.
   QB36.H57C6
   First published 1895.
   The portrait faces p. 114.

Clerke, Agnes M. Herschel, Caroline Lucretia (1750-1848). In Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. v. 26. Henry II-Hindley. London, Smith, Elder, 1891. p. 260-263.

Davies, Katharine. Caroline Herschel, 1750-1848. In Ashton, Helen, and Katharine Davies. I had a sister; a study of Mary Lamb, Dorothy Wordsworth, Caroline Herschel, Cassandra Austen. With illus. by William Townsend. London, Lovat Dickson, 1937. p. 143-228. illus.
   PR119.A8

Dent, Elsie A. Caroline Herschel. Popular astronomy, v. 11, Mar. 1903: 123-129. port.
   QB1.P8, v. 11

Dick, Julius. Herschel, Caroline Lucretia. * 16. 3. 1750 Hannover, † 9. l. 1848 ebenda. In Neue Deutsche Biographie. Hrsg. von der Historischen Komission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 8. Bd. Hartmann–Heske. Berlin, Duncker & Humblot [1969] p. 698-699.
   CT1053.N4, v. 8

Edwards, Matilda B. B. Caroline Herschel, astronomer and mathematician. In her Six life studies of famous women. London, Griffith and Farran; New York, E. P. Dutton, 1880. p. 87-128. port.
   CT3230.E3

Eremeeva, Alina I. Karolina Lukretsiia Gershel. In Astronomischeski kalendar . Peremennaia ch. vyp. 76; 1973. Moskva, Izd-vo "Nauka," 1972. p. 200-206. port.
    QB9.A75, 1973

Erinnerungen an Caroline Herschel. Wöchentliche Unterhaltungen für Dilettanten und Freunde der Astronomie, Geographie und Witterungskunde, 2. Jahrg., 26. Feb. 1848: 69-70.
   QB1.W8, v. 2

Feyl, Renate. Caroline Herschel, 1750-1848. In her Der lautlose Aufbruch: Frauen in der Wissenschaft. Berlin, Verlag Neues Leben, 1981. p. 56-69.
   Q141.F45 1981

Geistfeld, Elisabeth. Karoline und die Sterne. Aus dem Leben der grossen Astronomin Karoline Herschel. Reutlingen, Ensslin & Laiblin [1952] 80 p. illus.
   QB36.H6G4

Gossner, Simone D. Caroline Herschel. Nature magazine, v. 49, Feb. 1956: 100-101, 106. port.
   QH1.N52, v. 49

Hart-Davis, Adam. Caroline Herschel. In his Chain reactions: pioneers of British science and technology and the stories that link them. [London] National Portrait Gallery [2000] p. 70. port.
   Q141.H32 2000

[Herschel, Sir John F. W., Bart.] Miss Caroline Lucretia Herschel. Athenaeum, Jan. 22, 1848: 84.
   AP4.A8, 1848
   Reprinted in Astronomische Nachrichten, 27. Bd., Nr. 629, 16. März 1848, columns 65-68 (QB1.A77, v. 27) , and the Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, v. 17, p. 120-122 (London, 1849. QB1.R5, v. 17).

Herschel, Mary C. Memoir and correspondence of Caroline Herschel. London, J. Murray, 1876. 355 p. ports.
   QB36.H58H6

Higgins, Frances L. Sweeper of the skies; a story of the life of Caroline Herschel, astronomer. Chicago, Follett Pub. Co., 1967. 127 p. illus.
   QB36.H58H65

Hoskin, Michael A. Caroline Herschel and her telescopes. In Arithmos-Arrythmos; Skizzen aus der Wissenschaftsgeschichte. Festschrift für Joachim Otto Fleckenstein zum 65. Geburtstag. Hrsg. von Karin Figala, Ernst H. Berninger. München, Minerva Publikation, 1979. p. 181-187.
   Q171.A67
   References (10): p. 187.

Hoskin, Michael A., and Brian Warner. Caroline Herschel's comet sweepers. Journal for the history of astronomy, v. 12, Feb. 1981: 27-34. facsims.
   QB15.J68, v. 12
   References (28): p. 33-34.

Hoskin, Michael A. Herschel, Caroline Lucretia. In Dictionary of scientific biography. v. 6. New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1972. p. 322-323.
    Q141.D5, v. 6
    Bibliography: p. 323.

Hughes, David W. Caroline Lucretia Herschel–comet huntress. In British Astronomical Association, London. Journal, v. 109, Apr. 1999: 78-85. illus., facsims.
   References (45): p. 85.

Johnson, Corrine. Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 1750-1848. German-born English astronomer. In Notable women scientists. Pamela Proffitt, editor. Detroit, Gale Group [1999] p. 234-236. port.
    Q141.N736 1999
   References (5): p. 236.

Kirlew, Marianne. Caroline Herschel. In her Famous sisters of great men. Henriette Renan, Caroline Herschel, Mary Lamb, Dorothy Wordsworth, Fanny Mendelssohn. London, New York, T. Nelson [1905?] p. [61]-102. col. port.

Lubbock, Constance A. The Herschel chronicle; the life-story of William Herschel and his sister Caroline Herschel. New York, Macmillan Co., 1933. 388 p. illus., ports.
   QB36.H6L8

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