Leah Allen
Encyclopedia
Leah Brown Allen was an American
astronomer
and Professor of Astronomy
at Hood College
.
She joined Lick Observatory
as Carnegie Assistant in 1908. Professor Allen began teaching astronomy at Hood in 1928.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
and Professor of Astronomy
Astronomy
Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
at Hood College
Hood College
Hood College is a co-educational liberal arts college located in Frederick, Maryland. The college serves approximately 1,050 graduate students and more than 1,400 undergraduate students.-Early History :...
.
She joined Lick Observatory
Lick Observatory
The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory, owned and operated by the University of California. It is situated on the summit of Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California, USA...
as Carnegie Assistant in 1908. Professor Allen began teaching astronomy at Hood in 1928.
Education
- Hope Street SchoolHope Street SchoolHope Street School is an historic school at 40 Hope Streetin Woonsocket, Rhode Island.The school was built in 1899 by Willard Kent and Norton & Kennedy. It was added to the National Historic Register in 2000....
, 1902 - Brown UniversityBrown UniversityBrown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
, 1904–1906, special work in astronomy under Professor Winslow UptonWinslow UptonWinslow Upton was a United States astronomer.-Biography:... - Wellesley College, M.A. 1912
Prizes named in her honor
- Leah B. Allen Award for Excellence in Math and Science, Hood CollegeHood CollegeHood College is a co-educational liberal arts college located in Frederick, Maryland. The college serves approximately 1,050 graduate students and more than 1,400 undergraduate students.-Early History :...
- Leah B. Allen Prize in Astronomy, Hood CollegeHood CollegeHood College is a co-educational liberal arts college located in Frederick, Maryland. The college serves approximately 1,050 graduate students and more than 1,400 undergraduate students.-Early History :...
Memberships
- American Astronomical SocietyAmerican Astronomical SocietyThe American Astronomical Society is an American society of professional astronomers and other interested individuals, headquartered in Washington, DC...
- AAVSOAmerican Association of Variable Star ObserversSince its founding in 1911, the American Association of Variable Star Observers has coordinated, collected, evaluated, analyzed, published, and archived variable star observations made largely by amateur astronomers and makes the records available to professional astronomers, researchers, and...
, Charter Member
Publications
- "A study of the peculiar spectrum of the star Eta Centauri" (Master's thesis, 1912) is held in the Wellesley College Archives.
- The radial velocities of twenty southern variable stars of class Me ; A study of the changes in the spectrum of T Centauri (Lick Observatory bulletin) University of California Press (1925) WorldCat