Frederick Hanley Seares
Frederick Hanley Seares (born May 17, 1873 near Cassopolis , Michigan , † July 20, 1964 in Honolulu , Hawaii ) was an American astronomer .
In 1878 his parents moved to Iowa and in 1887 on to California. After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley in 1895 , he initially stayed there, then continued his studies from 1899, first at the University of Berlin and then at the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1901 he returned to the States and taught for eight years as a professor of astronomy at the University of Missouri . One of his students was Harlow Shapley .
From 1909 he was a member of the staff of the Mount Wilson Observatory and stayed there for 36 years. From 1925 until his retirement in 1940, he was Assistant Director of the Observatory. It is also worth mentioning that he is co-editor of the Astrophysical Journal .
Seares research was in the field of the precise measurement of brightness and colors and stars with the help of stellar photography . He thus provided valuable information about the distribution of stars in the galaxy . Seares also calculated orbits of comets and made measurements of the sun's magnetic field . He was also the head of the data collection department at the Mount Wilson Observatory.
His first marriage to Mabel Urmy had been since 1896. She died in 1940. There was a son from this marriage. In 1942 he married Mary Joyner, with whom he had worked for years at the Mount Wilson Observatory.
Honors
- 1917 member of the American Philosophical Society
- 1919 member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 1940 Bruce Medal
- 2007 namesake for the asteroid (11766) Fredseares
A moon crater is also named after him.
Web links
- Publications by FH Seares in the Astrophysics Data System
- RO Redman: Frederick Hanley Seares. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 7 (1966), p. 75-79. (Obituary, English)
- Biographical information
Individual evidence
- ^ Member History: Frederick H. Seares. American Philosophical Society, accessed November 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Minor Planet Circ. 61267
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seares, Frederick Hanley |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | near Cassopolis , Michigan |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 1964 |
| Place of death | Honolulu , Hawaii |