Astrophysics
The pregenitor of Astrophysics as we know it was the brainchild of Jocelyn Bell Burnell:
http://www.bigear.org/vol1no1/burnell.htm
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/bell.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocelyn_Bell_Burnell
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