10 Facts About Vibert Douglas

Vibert Douglas' grandfather was Rev George Vibert Douglas, a prominent Methodist minister and educator.

Vibert Douglas's brother helped her circumvent this issue by leaving the door ajar and letting Douglas sit outside the classroom to listen to lectures.

Vibert Douglas graduated at the top of her class and received a scholarship to McGill University.

Vibert Douglas was then invited to join the war effort by a family friend and decided to work in the War Office as a statistician.

Vibert Douglas went on to the University of Cambridge, studying under Arthur Eddington, one of the leading astronomers of the day.

Vibert Douglas earned her PhD in astrophysics through McGill in 1926 and was the first person to receive it from a Quebec university, and one of the first women to accomplish this in North America.

Vibert Douglas wrote an important biography of Eddington, The Life of Arthur Eddington.

Vibert Douglas was a Professor of Astronomy from 1946 until her retirement in 1964 and was instrumental in having women accepted into engineering and medicine.

Vibert Douglas was an active member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and became female president in 1943.

Vibert Douglas has a patera on Venus named after her.