Who Was the Greater Genius? A Complete Comparison
A British-born American astronomer and astrophysicist who proposed in her 1925 doctoral thesis that stars were composed primarily of hydrogen and helium
An American astronomers who discover the relation between the luminosity and the period of Cepheid variables
Neither Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin nor Henrietta Swan Leavitt has a formally estimated IQ score, but both are universally recognized as among history's greatest minds.
Neither has a formally estimated IQ in the Geniuses.Club database, though both are recognized as extraordinary intellects.
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin is known for: Explanation of stellar spectra and composition of the Sun, more than 3,000,000 observations of variable stars. Henrietta Swan Leavitt is known for: Leavitt's law: the period-luminosity relationship for Cepheid variables.
Yes. Both Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and Henrietta Swan Leavitt are universally regarded as among history's greatest intellects.