Leah Allen

Leah Brown Allen (November 6, 1884 in Providence, Rhode Island[1] – February 1973[2]) was an American astronomer and Professor of Astronomy at Hood College.

She joined Lick Observatory as Carnegie Assistant in 1908.[3] Professor Allen began teaching astronomy at Hood in 1928.[4]

Education

• Hope Street School, 1902
• Brown University, 1904–1906, special work in astronomy under Professor Winslow Upton [3]
• Wellesley College, M.A. 1912 [5]

Prizes named in her honor

• Leah B. Allen Award for Excellence in Math and Science, Hood College
• Leah B. Allen Prize in Astronomy, Hood College

Correspondents

• Annie Jump Cannon [6]
• William F. Meggers [7]

Memberships

• American Astronomical Society [8]
• AAVSO, Charter Member [9]

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

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2016-01-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2016-01-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. Mary Proctor."Halley's Comet after 75 years rushes Earthward again", San Francisco Call, August 23, 1908.
4. http://www.hood.edu/adminservices/news.cfm?featureID=2031%5B%5D
5. Wellesley College (15 October 1942). Report of the President. Wellesley, Mass – via Internet Archive.
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2008-08-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. "Finding Aid to the William F. Meggers Papers, 1917-1966". www.aip.org.
8. The Fifty-seventh Meeting of the AAS was held at Hood College, Frederick, Maryland, from Monday to Wednesday, December 28–30, 1936 at the invitation of Leah B. Allen, Professor of Astronomy. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2009-06-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
9. Dorrit Hoffleit "The Maria Mitchell Observatory:For Astronomical Research and Public Enlightenment"Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers Volume30, 2001, p70" http://www.aavso.org/publications/ejaavso/v30n1/62.pdf