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Louise Edwards

1978–

Canada

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Louise Olivia Violet Edwards (born 21 November 1978) is a Canadian astronomer and associate professor of physics at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), and is one of the first Black Canadians to receive a PhD in astronomy. In 2002, she was pictured on a Canadian stamp.

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