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

Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they were independent galaxies, extremely large and distant.

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

Lowell also argued that IRS agents Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler trampled Biden’s due process rights by giving rounds of news interviews on the case and releasing confidential tax documents to the public.

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