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Block-Paraskevopoulos, Dorothy W., 1891-1967

 Person

Biographical note

"Block graduated with an MA from Columbia University in 1918 and began a new appointment as the Edward C. Pickering Fellow at Harvard College Observatory (HCO) in September for the 1918-1919 academic year. While at HCO, she measured the light of variable stars, the motion and position of several asteroids, as well as the Nova that appeared on June 8, 1918, in the constellation of Aquila. Block’s notebooks capture her work of this period."

Block married John Paraskevopoulos, and the couple moved to Greece. However, the astronomical equipment to which they had access in Greece was not as advanced as that they had used in the United States.

John sought employment elsewhere and was "appointed to direct the Harvard College Observatory’s Southern Station in Arequipa, Peru. He would replace Prof. Solon Irving Bailey, who had not only been responsible for establishing and running the Arequipa station since 1889, but who had also been one of Block’s references when she first applied for a position at Yerkes."

--Source: https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/collex/collections/yerkes-plates/women-at-yerkes/dorothy-block-paraskevopoulos/, accessed 2024-05-22

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

The HCO in the 20th c. and the Work of the Astronomical Computers, 1886-1973, bulk: 1900-1935

Series Identifier: KG11365-6
Scope and Contents: This series contains astronomical observations, data calculations, and research notes produced by astronomers at the Harvard College Observatory throughout the first half of the 20th century. Most of the materials date between 1900 and 1935.Astronomers whose work is represented in this series include: Williamina Fleming, Evelyn Leland, Solon Irving Bailey, Antonia Maury, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Edward S. King, Sarah E. Breslin, Annie Jump Cannon, Boris Petrovich Gerasmovich, Leon...