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Astrophysicist At Ottawa Observatory Likes Her CareerBy CAROLYN WILLETT OTTAWA (CP i T Quite by chance, Miriam Burland found her career in the world’s oldest science, astronomy.One of about half a dozen women doing astronomical work in .Canada, Miss Burland is the only jfeminine astrophysicist at the Do-,c minion Observatory here.f| That's a long title for the pleas-a-!ant, smiling native of Montreal; mjbul it means she turns her star-a- gazing, to studies of the. physical nature and chemical constitution of celestial bodies.Her career was sparked by an enthusiastic, lecturer in astrophysics at McGill University and a summer job at the Dominion Observatory.Studying mathematics at McGill her interest in astronomy was § aroused by Dr. Vihert Douglas. £ now dean of women at Queen’s n'University in Kingston, Cnt.\ The summer job at the observa-^: Lory prompted her to return to [arid post graduate work in astro-q • physics to her arts degree, and then she; came to a permanent £ipost here.I§iAbout two years aj:o. she took on another task, that of an education and information liaison be-?! tween professional astronomers y and wondering laymen.She finds that arranging tours through the observatory, answering queries and compiling infor-*§ i-nvi-rr'ir work
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Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Sat, Sep 29, 1956
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