The Wikipedia article on the American mathematician Katherine Johnson, consulted for its lead-section biography and infobox dates.
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Johnson
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Katherine Johnson (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead section (MediaWiki plaintext extract), same excerpt as entity-description; no page-furniture text is cited per PlaybookNote 10821Quote, Lead section (MediaWiki plaintext extract), same excerpt as entity-description; no page-furniture text is cited per PlaybookNote 10821
was an American mathematician and human computer whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights.
Katherine Johnson (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead section (MediaWiki plaintext extract), same excerpt as entity-descriptionQuote, Lead section (MediaWiki plaintext extract), same excerpt as entity-description
was an American mathematician and human computer whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights.
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