Welcome! Check out today's birthdays, recent birthdays, or our birthday stats.
You can now subscribe to our newsletter to enjoy personalized birthdaypulse updates delivered to your inbox!
Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin
British-born american astronomer.
Born May 10th, 1900 in Wendover. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1979 at 79 years old in Cambridge (cancer). [ref]
Occupations
astronomer, astrophysicist, university teacher
Wikipedia
Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years. Ausonius