Édmée Chandon, French astronomer

Edmée Chandon, born on 21 November 1885 in the 11th arrondissement of Paris and died on 8 March 1944 in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, was a French astronomer. On March 1, 1912, she became the first professional woman astronomer working in France at the Paris Observatory. She was also the first French woman to obtain a doctorate in mathematical sciences in March 1930.

French astronomer Edmée Chandon (1885-1944) (PD-US)

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