John Quincy Stewart
John Quincy Stewart (born September 10, 1894 in Harrisburg , Pennsylvania , † March 19, 1972 in Cottonwood , Arizona ) was an American astrophysicist .
Stewart graduated with a Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University in 1919 , where he worked in the field of astrophysics until his retirement in 1963 . In 1925 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society .
He was co-author of Raymond Smith Dugan and Henry Norris Russell of the influential two-volume textbook A Revision of Young ’s Manual of Astronomy (Ginn & Co., Boston, 1926–27, 1938, 1945), which was the standard work of the Astronomy in the US was made.
The lunar crater Stewart is named after him.
Web links
- Biography (English)
- Publications by JQ Stewart in the Astrophysics Data System
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SURNAME | Stewart, John Quincy |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astrophysicist |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1894 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Harrisburg , Pennsylvania |
DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1972 |
Place of death | Cottonwood , Arizona |