= Antonia Maury
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Antonia Maury (1866–1952) was an American astronomer and a significant figure in the field of astrophysics. She is best known for her contributions to the classification of star spectra and was a pioneer in the study of stellar classification. Maury developed a systematic way to classify stars based on their spectra, proposing enhancements to the classification system that was established by her mentor, Edward C. Pickering, at Harvard College Observatory.
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