August 12: TODAY'S INSPIRING WOMEN
Eleanor Burbidge
Eleanor Margaret Burbidge, FRS, a British-born American astrophysicist who is noted for original research and holding many administrative posts, including Director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, was born today in 1919. During her career, she served at the University of London Observatory, Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago, Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, England, the California Institute of Technology, and, from 1979 to 1988, was first director of the Center for Astronomy and Space Sciences at the University of California San Diego.