2 July 1925: The eminent astronomer from Harvard Observatory is conferred an honorary doctor of science degree
Undated picture of Harvard astronomer Annie J Cannon. Photograph: Bettmann Archive/Harvard
Undated picture of Harvard astronomer Annie J Cannon. Photograph: Bettmann Archive/Harvard
Fri 2 Jul 2021 00.30 EDT
The long double file of scarlet-robed doctors which âprocessed,â at this yearâs brilliant Commemoration at Oxford, from Wadham, the vice-chancellorâs College, to the Sheldonian Theatre was, from the feministâs point of view, less interesting from its inclusion of the prime minister, the chancellor of the exchequer, Lord Jellicoe, and the archbishop of Canterbury, than from the unique event that it contained a woman.