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. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8QP-15N
2. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRC5-TJM
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
5. https://archive.org/stream/reportofpresiden3202well/reportofpresiden3202well_djvu.txt
6. http://www.aip.org/history/ead/19990023.html
7. http://www.aip.org/history/ead/19990074.html
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. http://www.aas.org/had/aashistory/7bmtg02c.html
9. Dorrit Hoffleit "The Maria Mitchell Observatory:For Astronomical Research and Public Enlightenment"JAAVSO Volume30, 2001, p70" http://www.aavso.org/publications/ejaavso/v30n1/62.pdf