Mercedes Richards

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mercedes Richards
Occupation	Astronomer
Date Of Birth	May 14, 1955(1955-05-14)
Age	69
Date Of Death	February 3, 2016, Hershey, PA
Birthplace	Kingston
Country	Jamaica
Birth City	Kingston Parish
Horoscope	Taurus

Mercedes Richards Biography

Mercedes Richards is one of the most popular and richest Astronomer who was born on May 14, 1955 in Kingston, Kingston Parish, Jamaica.

Mercedes Tharam Richards (Kingston, 14 May 1955 – Hershey, 3 February 2016), née Davis, was a Jamaican astronomy and astrophysics professor. Her investigation focused on computational astrophysics, stellar astrophysics and exoplanets and brown dwarfs, and the physical dynamics of interacting binary stars systems. However, her pioneering research in the tomography of interacting binary star systems and cataclysmic variable stars to predict magnetic activity and simulate gas flow is her most known work.

She attended Providence Primary School and graduated in 1966. Then, she studied in St. Hugh’s, a school segregated by gender. The fact of only having female teachers inspired her because she used them as role models. She graduated in 1973.

Mercedes Richards Net Worth

Mercedes Richards is one of the richest Astronomer from Jamaica. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mercedes Richards 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on 14 May 1955. In one of the city’s suburbs, she was raised by her father, Frank Davis, a police detective who stressed to her the importance of observation and deduction, and her mother, Phyllis Davis, an accountant who instilled in her the idea of doing her work with precision.

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In 2002, she was hired as professor of astronomy and astrophysics in the Pennsylvania State University, where she worked until she retired. During her tenure, she was appointed assistant department chair. However, she visited some universities during that period, among them, the University of Heidelberg, Germany, in 2013.

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Meyhem Ranked on the list of most popular Astronomer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Jamaica. Mercedes Richards celebrates birthday on May 14 of every year.

Apart from that, she was committed to science, so she was involved in some programs to encourage people’s engagement with it. In 2006, she and Jacqueline Bortiatynski, a chemistry lecturer, co-founded the Summer Experience in the Eberly College of Science. This six-week summer program was designed to engage low-income high school students in science research. She also participated in Exploration Day, a local event emphasizing practical science learning for families, and Penn State Astronomy’s Astrofest and Astronight, annual events held to promote astronomy and science to families in the Central Pennsylvania area.