F Gertrude Wentworth

Born: Unknown, United States (assumed)
Died: Unknown
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA

The following is excerpted from What Women Have Done for Astronomy in the United States, written by Anne P McKenney and published in Popular Astronomy, vol. 12, pp.171-182 in 1904.

F. Gertrude Wentworth: graduated from the Boston University. Her work has been for the most part in the direction of astronomical computation of a difficult and refined order, involving a capacity and accomplishment far beyond that required by some of the merely mechanical work. She combines an intelligent appreciation with an éxpertness in the conduct of elaborate numerical processes of the higher practical astronomy. Her work has not been original or direct and independent investigation, but she has far greater capacity for it than many men who attempt it. Professor S. C. Chandler of Cambridge says of her “She is the most trustworthy computer I ever knew, man or woman.” She has contributed several papers to the various astronomical publications.

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