The New Yorker profiled Brother Guy Consolmagno, the “Pope’s Astronomer,” but left out a key part of the story: his early mentor was Mildred Shapley Matthews, daughter of Harlow Shapley. Their collaboration shaped his first scientific publications and tied his career to the Shapley family’s wider legacy in astronomy.
Bang! Goes The Universe: Martha Shapley - Mount Wilson Astronomer
Martha Betz Shapley (1890 - 1981) was the wife of Harlow Shapley (1885 - 1972). Deborah Shapley, a granddaughter of Martha and Harlow, recently spoke with Ron Voller on his podcast Bang! Goes the Universe.