With only 25 years, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin discovered it all by herself (or worse, against the beliefs of many of her colleagues and superiors). Her work proved that they were mostly composed of Hydrogen and Helium (against the prevalent opinion of the time). Her results in 1922 were therefore obscured until Eddington, through a different route, "discovered" the same - and got all the glory (even though he did try and credit her).
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NOT Cecilia. |
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