Background
Mayall, Margaret Walton was born on January 27, 1902 in Iron Hill, Maryland, United States. Daughter of William Bache and Anna (Whitehead) W.
Mayall, Margaret Walton was born on January 27, 1902 in Iron Hill, Maryland, United States. Daughter of William Bache and Anna (Whitehead) W.
Bachelor, Swarthmore College, 1925; Master of Arts, Radcliffe College, 1927.
Assistant, associate observatory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1925-1948; Pickering Memorial astronomer, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1948-1953; director, American Association Variable Star Observers, Cambridge, 1948-1973; director emeritus, American Association Variable Star Observers, Cambridge, since 1973.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Astronomical Society (Annie J. Cannon prize 1940), Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (monthly columnist journal. 1952-1973), International Astronomical Union (minor planet Fivesparks 3342, named in honor of Margaret and Newton Mayall 1989), American Association Variable Star Observers (honorary), Sigma Xi.
Married Robert Newton Mayall, September 18, 1927 (deceased August 1989).