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Katherine Johnson

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Katherine Johnson

American mathematician at NASA's Langley Research Center.

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Dates
1918–2020
Wikidata
Q11740

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  1. 1918–2020 Katherine Johnson
Proof 2 sources
  1. A Human Computer Hidden No More, NASA, 2016. Primary record
    In 1953 she was hired at Langley’s all-black West Area Computing Section, headed by fellow West Virginian Dorothy Vaughan.
  2. Katherine Johnson (1918-2020), NASA Science, 2020. Primary record
    She was a “computer” at Langley Research Center “when the computer wore a skirt,” Katherine once said.
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