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Show WOMAN HAS WON HIGH PLACE. Dorothea Klumpke Accorded Fame In Scientific World. The fnmo ot Dorothea Ktumpko has been achieved In lines that would not ordinarily makn It moro special, but she really stands among the notable women of the sclontlflc world In Franco sho Is regarded a tho loading woman aoronnut, but as an astronomer astrono-mer and mnthomatlclin sho Is accord ed a more enduring and precious ropu talton Hho was born In San Francisco Fran-cisco In I8GI her father, n natlva ot (lermany, having bun ono ot tho Forty nlnor Her mother was the strong forco In tho family, and four of tho Klumpke girl havo won lomo distinction Ono Is a dlitlngulihed artist, nnolhor a famous physician, and tho third a violinist, all taking Paris their home Dorothea Las stu dlod In Ilarlln and I'arls nnd taken all kinds of prltcs and dcgrcoiXfrom tho hlghost Institutions In Ffuinco. When tho International astronomical congress rosolvcd to map thejtars a special department was crcalAand Dorothea wns placed In charge with a corps ot assistants Among 50 com petltors sho obtained tho post ot as istant nbiervcr at tho I'arls obiorva tory There sho has photographed many stars and vnluablu results have como from her work It was to hci cldost slJtor that Itosa Ilonheur left her chateau and some of her famous works |