Helen Chambliss Williams Lines (July 13, 1918 – January 29, 2001) was an American amateur astronomer. In her beginnings she was a deep-sky observer and astrophotographer.
In 1969, Lines was one of early members of the Phoenix Astronomical Society. [1] Lines was a member of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. She and her husband, civil engineer Richard D. Lines, [2] built a small observatory in Mayer, Arizona, [3] and wrote about its construction for Sky & Telescope. [4] In 1992 they won the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for their work in the field of photoelectric photometry of variable stars. [5] She was a co-author on two scientific papers published in the mid-1990s. [6] [7]
Helen Chambliss Williams was born in Forrest City, Arkansas, the daughter of Russell Williams and Sadie Borden Williams. Her father was the chief of police in Forrest City. [10] She married Richard Damon Lines in 1936. They had a daughter, Chambliss. Richard Lines died in 1992, [11] and Helen Lines died in 2001, aged 82 years, in Searcy, Arkansas.
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Helen Chambliss Williams Lines (July 13, 1918 – January 29, 2001) was an American amateur astronomer. In her beginnings she was a deep-sky observer and astrophotographer.
In 1969, Lines was one of early members of the Phoenix Astronomical Society. [1] Lines was a member of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. She and her husband, civil engineer Richard D. Lines, [2] built a small observatory in Mayer, Arizona, [3] and wrote about its construction for Sky & Telescope. [4] In 1992 they won the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for their work in the field of photoelectric photometry of variable stars. [5] She was a co-author on two scientific papers published in the mid-1990s. [6] [7]
Helen Chambliss Williams was born in Forrest City, Arkansas, the daughter of Russell Williams and Sadie Borden Williams. Her father was the chief of police in Forrest City. [10] She married Richard Damon Lines in 1936. They had a daughter, Chambliss. Richard Lines died in 1992, [11] and Helen Lines died in 2001, aged 82 years, in Searcy, Arkansas.
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