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Shapley

American  
[shap-lee] / ˈʃæp li /

noun

  1. Harlow 1885–1972, U.S. astronomer.


Shapley British  
/ ˈʃæplɪ /

noun

  1. Harlow. 1885–1972, US astronomer, director of the Harvard College Observatory (1922–56): noted for his work on the size and structure of the galaxy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The retaliation against Messrs. Shapley and Ziegler was intense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

Hubble wrote about his discovery to Harlow Shapley, who had argued that the Milky Way encompassed the entire universe.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2025

“It was a need not just for us but for the local news ecosystem,” said Linda Shapley, publisher of the Colorado Community Media group, which prints more than 100,000 copies a week.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2024

“Defendant offers no facts to suggest that the information Shapley and Ziegler shared publicly had any prejudicial effect on the grand jury’s decision to return an indictment.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024

Just before World War I, Harlow Shapley of Missouri devised a technique for measuring the distances to the globular clusters, those lovely spherical arrays of stars which resemble a swarm of bees.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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