Shapley

American  

[shap-lee] / ˈʃæp li /

noun

1. Harlow 1885–1972, U.S. astronomer.

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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

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Example Sentences

Messrs. Shapley and Ziegler accomplished all this by using whistleblower laws, by using Congress and the media to bravely expose the misconduct, complete with details and documents.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Salon

“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

“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

It underpinned the research of other pioneering astronomers, including Edwin Hubble and Harlow Shapley, whose work in the years after World War I demolished long-held ideas about our solar system’s place in the cosmos.

From New York Times