birth_place awards nationality name birth_date known_for article_title birth_name
davenport , england helen national medal of science -lrb- 1983 -rrb- albert einstein world b. award of science -lrb- 1988 -rrb- warner prize for astronomy -lrb- 1959 -rrb- american margaret burbidge 12 august 1919 astrophysics , fellow of the royal society margaret burbidge
 eleanor margaret peachey
margaret burbidge

eleanor margaret burbidge -lrb- `` née '' peachey -rrb- , frs -lrb- born august 12 , 1919 davenport -rrb- is a british-born american astrophysicist , noted for original research and holding many administrative posts , including director of the royal greenwich observatory .
during her career , she served at the university of london observatory , yerkes observatory of the university of chicago , cavendish laboratory in cambridge , england , the california institute of technology , and , from 1979 to 1988 , was first director of the center for astronomy and space sciences at the university of california at san diego -lrb- ucsd -rrb- , where she has worked since 1962 .
