East Fallowfield Township near Coatesville in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Dr. Charlotte Moore Sitterly

(1898-1990)

Photographed By Keith S Smith, December 16, 2011

1. Dr. Charlotte Moore Sitterly Marker

Inscription.
Prominent authority on astronomy and author of more than one hundred books and articles. Sitterly was a career physicist with the Bureau of Standards, U.S. Department of Commerce. She received the American Astronomical Society award in 1937 and was the first woman elected to the Royal Astronomical Society of Great Britain, 1949. Born here in Ercildoun, Dr. Sitterly was a lifelong Quaker and attended Fallowfield Friends Meeting nearby.

Erected 2005 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion • Science & Medicine • Women. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, and the Quakerism series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1937.

Location. 39° 56.723′ N, 75° 50.437′ W. Marker is near Coatesville, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It is in East Fallowfield Township. Marker is on Buck Run Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 640 Buck Run Road, Coatesville PA 19320, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Ida Ella Ruth Jones (approx. 0.6 miles away); Lynching of Zachariah Walker (approx. 1.8 miles away); "A Stand for Justice Gives Rise to Coatesville Area NAACP"

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(approx. 2.3 miles away); Brandywine Iron Works - Early 1800s (approx. 2.6 miles away); The Lukens Mill - Late 1800s (approx. 2.6 miles away); Arcelormittal Plate LLC World Trade Center (approx. 2.6 miles away); The Future of the Trees (approx. 2.6 miles away); The Return of the Trees (approx. 2.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Coatesville.

Also see . . .
1. Dr. Charlotte Moore Sitterly. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on January 2, 2012, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania.)

2. Charlotte Moore Sitterly: A Life of Spectroscopy. ADS website entry (Submitted on January 2, 2012, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania.)

Additional commentary.
1. Charlotte Sitterly - Incredible Female Scientist
Dr. Charlotte Moore Sitterly was a scientist in an era when it was rare for a woman to have the opportunity to devote her life to forefront science. Following her graduation from Swarthmore College in 1920, she accepted a position at Princeton University as an assistant to Henry Norris Russell. In 1925

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2. Dr. Charlotte Moore Sitterly

she started her study of the solar spectrum. She could then not know that she would devote much of her scientific career to gathering basic atomic data that are invaluable to the entire scientific community, even to this day.

— Submitted January 2, 2012, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Photographed By Keith S Smith, December 16, 2011

3. Dr. Charlotte Moore Sitterly Marker

Marker is at distant center image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Keith S Smith, December 16, 2011

4. Marker is at distant center

Credits. This page was last revised on January 9, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 2, 2012, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,215 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 2, 2012, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.