Edward Skinner King
Edward Skinner King (born May 31, 1861 in Liverpool , New York , † September 10, 1931 in Cambridge , Massachusetts ) was an American astronomer .
He graduated from Hamilton College in 1887 and took up a position at Harvard Observatory , where he directed the field of image photography and related fields . There he became a pioneer and expert in the field of photometry . In 1904 he discovered the Z Ursae Majoris . In 1912, he noticed that certain types of film performed better during the winter months. This observation led to the development of the cold camera , in which the operating temperature is reduced to −40 ° C.
In 1915, King was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . From 1926 until his death he held the office of Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University .
His reference work A Manual of Celestial Photography: Principles and Practice for Those Interested In Photographing the Heavens was published in the year of his death and reissued in 1988.
Together with Arthur S. King he is the namesake for the crater King on Earth's moon .
Web links
- ES King publications in the Astrophysics Data System
- CH Payne: Edward Skinner King (1861-1931). Popular Astronomy, Vol. 40 (1932), p. 65. (Obituary, English)
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| SURNAME | King, Edward Skinner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liverpool , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 1931 |
| Place of death | Cambridge , Massachusetts |