David J. Eicher
David John Eicher (born August 7, 1961 in Oxford (Ohio) ) is an American amateur astronomer and author of books on astronomy and the American Civil War .
His father John H. Eicher (* 1921) was a professor of organic chemistry at Miami University in Oxford (Ohio). Eicher began studying physics at the university in his hometown and was an avid amateur astronomer who published his own magazine (Deep Sky Monthly). This became a permanent position in 1982 from co-editor (later editor) of Astronomy and editor Deep Sky , as his magazine was called after the takeover by the AstroMedia Corporation (discontinued in 1992).
In 1990 the asteroid (3617) Eicher was named after him.
He also published several books on the American Civil War, especially military history.
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About the American Civil War
- The Longest Night - a Military History of the Civil War , Simon and Schuster 2001
- with John H. Eicher: Civil War High Commands , Stanford University Press 2001 (biographies of around 3,400 commanders and political leaders)
- The Civil War in Books - an Analytical Bibliography , University of Illinois Press 1997
- Robert E. Lee: a Life Portrait , Rowman & Littlefield 1997
- Dixie Betrayed: How the Confederacy Really Lost the Civil War , Little, Brown 2006
- Mystic Chords of Memory: Civil War Battlefields and Historic Sites Recaptured , Louisiana State University Press, 1998
- Gettysburg Battlefield: The Definitive Photographic History , Chronicle Books, 2003
About astronomical (selection)
- The Universe from Your Backyard , Cambridge University Press 1988
- Comets! Visitors from Deep Space , Cambridge University Press, 2013
Web links
- Article on the website of the magazine Astronomy von Eicher
- Biography with an organizer for astronomy trips
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| SURNAME | Eicher, David J. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eicher, David John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American amateur astronomer and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oxford (Ohio) |