Charles S. Hastings

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Charles Sheldon Hastings (born November 27, 1848 in Clinton , New York , † January 31, 1932 in Hartford , Connecticut ) was an American physicist .

The different life dates are born in 1849 and died on January 29, 1932.

Hastings was the son of the physician and lecturer in anatomy and physiology at Hamilton College in Clinton, Panet Marshall Hastings. Charles Hastings studied at the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University ( Bachelor 1870), in 1873 he received a Ph.D. in physics. From 1874 to 1877 he studied abroad, among others with Hermann von Helmholtz and Gustav Robert Kirchhoff . In 1877 Hastings received a professorship (Associate Professor) at Johns Hopkins University , in 1883 a full professorship at Johns Hopkins University and in the same year at the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University. He retired in 1915, but was a scientist at Yale for another 15 years.

Charles Hastings made a contribution to the development of lenses for astronomical instruments , especially for astrophotography , which were mainly built together with the manufacturer John Brashear and his son-in-law James B. McDowell . Hastings realized achromatic and apochromatic lenses with corrections for chromatic , spherical and other aberrations (imaging errors), including a magnifying aplanate . In his last years he worked on improving microscopes . He has published several textbooks and specialist books, including Light, A Consideration of the More Familiar Phenomena of Optics (1901) and New Methods in Geometrical Optics (1928).

In 1878 Hastings was elected as a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science , in 1878 as a member of the National Academy of Sciences , and in 1906 in the American Philosophical Society . In 1889 Hastings was officier de l'instruction publique ( Ordre des Palmes Académiques ), in 1916 honorary member of the Optical Society of America . In 1926 he received the Elliott Cresson Medal from the Franklin Institute for the development of optical systems .

Charles S. Hastings was married to Elizabeth Tracy Smith (1851-1930) since 1878. The couple had a daughter. Charles Hastings' grave is located in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartfort , Connecticut .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Charles Hastings. In: nasonline.org. National Academy of Sciences , accessed April 28, 2019 .
  2. ↑ FE Beach: Obituary: Charles Sheldon Hastings. In: Science . 75, 1932, p. 428, doi : 10.1126 / science.75.1947.428 .
  3. ^ A b Gary L. Cameron: Hastings, Charles Sheldon . In: T. Hockey et al. (Ed.): Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers . Springer, New York 2014, doi : 10.1007 / 978-1-4419-9917-7_9288 .
  4. ^ A b Frank Schlesinger : Charles Sheldon Hastings . In: Astrophysical Journal . tape 76 , no. 3 , 1932, p. 149-1955 , doi : 10.1086 / 143411 .
  5. ^ A b c Charles Sheldon Hastings in the Find a Grave database . Accessed April 28, 2019.
  6. ↑ a b c Charles S. Hastings. In: osa.org. Optical Society of America , accessed April 28, 2019 .
  7. ↑ a b Horace S. Uhler: Charles Sheldon Hastings . In: National Academy of Sciences (Ed.): Biographical Memoirs . 1932, p. 271–291 ( nasonline.org [PDF; 1.1 MB ; accessed on April 28, 2019]).
  8. ^ A b APS Member History: Charles S. Hastings. In: amphilsoc.org. American Philosophical Society , accessed April 28, 2019 .
  9. ^ Hastings, Charles S. (Charles Sheldon), 1849-1932. In: loc.gov. Library of Congress , accessed April 28, 2019 .
  10. ^ Literature by and about Charles S. Hastings in the catalog of the German National Library
  11. ^ Charles S. Hastings. In: fi.edu. Franklin Institute , accessed April 28, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Hastings, Charles S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hastings, Charles Sheldon; Hastings, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American physicist
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Clinton , New York
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1932
Place of death Hartford , Connecticut