Harlow Shapley
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Harlow Shapley was an American astronomer, who served as head of the Harvard College Observatory from 1921–1952, and political activist during the New Deal and Fair Deal.
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Shapley (first standing from the right) at a Science Service board meeting in 1941
Members of the Independent Voters Committee of the Arts and Sciences for Roosevelt visit FDR at the White House (October 1944). From left: Van Wyck Brooks, Hannah Dorner, Jo Davidson, Jan Kiepura, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Gish, Dr. Harlow Shapley
Progressive Citizens of America members, 1947. From left, seated, Henry A. Wallace, Elliott Roosevelt; standing, Dr. Harlow Shapley, Jo Davidson
Great Debate (astronomy)
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The Great Debate, also called the Shapley–Curtis Debate, was held on 26 April 1920 at the U.S. National Museum in Washington, D.C. between the astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis. It concerned
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…principle, according to which the Earth is not at the center of the Solar System, the Milky Way galaxy, or the Universe. Shapley participated in the "Great Debate" with Heber D. Curtis on the nature of nebulae and galaxies and the size of the Universe. The debate took place on April 26, 1920, in the hall of the…
Heber Doust Curtis (1872–1942)