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{{short description|American astronomer}} |
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Mary Lea Shane (1897-1983) |
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Born: Mary Lea Heger on July 13th, 1897 in Wilmington, Deleware. |
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'''Mary Lea Heger''' (July 13, 1897 – July 13, 1983, later Mary Lea Shane) was an American astronomer who made important discoveries on the [[interstellar medium]]. She later founded the [[Lick Observatory]] Archives located in the Dean E. McHenry Library. In 1982, her monument at Lick was renamed the Mary Lea Shane Archives of Lick Observatory.<ref name="articles.adsabs.harvard.edu">{{cite journal|title=1984JHA....15...74O Page 74|bibcode = 1984JHA....15...74O| last1=Osterbrock | first1=D. E. | journal=Journal for the History of Astronomy | year=1984 | volume=15 | page=74 | doi=10.1177/002182868401500120 | s2cid=126276813 }}</ref> |
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Married C. Donald Shane in 1920 and was a mother of two. |
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==Education and career== |
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Accredited with founding the Lick Observatory Archives located in the Dean E. McHenry Library. In 1982, Her monument at Lick was renamed the Mary Lea Shane Archives of Lick Observatory.<ref>http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1984JHA....15...74O/0000074.000.html</ref><references/> |
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During childhood, |
She was born in [[Wilmington, Delaware]]. During childhood, Heger's family moved west to Belvedere on the [[San Francisco Bay]], where she spent her youth.<ref name="articles.adsabs.harvard.edu"/> |
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Heger received her bachelor's degree in 1919 from the University of California |
Heger received her bachelor's degree in 1919 from the [[University of California, Berkeley]], becoming a graduate student in astronomy.<ref name="articles.adsabs.harvard.edu"/> After marrying [[C. Donald Shane]] in 1920 she completed her PhD in 1924, writing a thesis under the supervision of [[William Wallace Campbell|W. W. Campbell]] at Lick Observatory that was one of the first papers to recognize the sharp, stationary Na I [[Spectral line|absorption lines]] in the spectra of distant binaries as interstellar in origin.<ref name="articles.adsabs.harvard.edu"/> |
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She was also the discoverer of the [[diffuse interstellar bands]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=On the discovery of the diffuse interstellar bands|journal=Proc. R. Soc. A|date=March 2013 |volume=469|issue=2151|pages=20120604|doi=10.1098/rspa.2012.0604|bibcode = 2013RSPSA.46920604M |last1=McCall|first1=B. J.|last2=Griffin|first2=R. E.|doi-access=free}}</ref> |
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==Retirement== |
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Deciding to focus on raising her two small children, Heger gave up the notion of a professional career.<ref |
Deciding to focus on raising her two small children, Heger gave up the notion of a professional career.<ref name="articles.adsabs.harvard.edu"/> At the end of [[World War II]] when her husband became director of Lick Observatory, Heger became a well-known scientific hostess and was remembered for her generous hospitality.<ref name="articles.adsabs.harvard.edu"/> |
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==Death== |
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Mary Lea Shane died on her birthday of a heart attack at her home in Scotts Valley, California |
Mary Lea Shane died on her 86th birthday of a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] at her home in [[Scotts Valley, California]] on July 13, 1983.<ref name="articles.adsabs.harvard.edu"/> |
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==References== |
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[[Category:1897 births]] |
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[[Category:1983 deaths]] |
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[[Category:American women astronomers]] |
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[[Category:People from Wilmington, Delaware]] |
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[[Category:People from Scotts Valley, California]] |
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[[Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni]] |
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Latest revision as of 19:39, 20 October 2022
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (February 2016) |
Mary Lea Heger (July 13, 1897 – July 13, 1983, later Mary Lea Shane) was an American astronomer who made important discoveries on the interstellar medium. She later founded the Lick Observatory Archives located in the Dean E. McHenry Library. In 1982, her monument at Lick was renamed the Mary Lea Shane Archives of Lick Observatory.[1]
Education and career[edit]
She was born in Wilmington, Delaware. During childhood, Heger's family moved west to Belvedere on the San Francisco Bay, where she spent her youth.[1]
Heger received her bachelor's degree in 1919 from the University of California, Berkeley, becoming a graduate student in astronomy.[1] After marrying C. Donald Shane in 1920 she completed her PhD in 1924, writing a thesis under the supervision of W. W. Campbell at Lick Observatory that was one of the first papers to recognize the sharp, stationary Na I absorption lines in the spectra of distant binaries as interstellar in origin.[1] She was also the discoverer of the diffuse interstellar bands.[2]
Retirement[edit]
Deciding to focus on raising her two small children, Heger gave up the notion of a professional career.[1] At the end of World War II when her husband became director of Lick Observatory, Heger became a well-known scientific hostess and was remembered for her generous hospitality.[1]
Death[edit]
Mary Lea Shane died on her 86th birthday of a heart attack at her home in Scotts Valley, California on July 13, 1983.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g Osterbrock, D. E. (1984). "1984JHA....15...74O Page 74". Journal for the History of Astronomy. 15: 74. Bibcode:1984JHA....15...74O. doi:10.1177/002182868401500120. S2CID 126276813.
- ^ McCall, B. J.; Griffin, R. E. (March 2013). "On the discovery of the diffuse interstellar bands". Proc. R. Soc. A. 469 (2151): 20120604. Bibcode:2013RSPSA.46920604M. doi:10.1098/rspa.2012.0604.