Ormond Stone
Ormond Stone (born January 11, 1847 in Pekin , Illinois , † January 17, 1933 in Centerville , Virginia ) was an American astronomer and mathematician .
Ormond Stone was the director of the Cincinnati Observatory in Ohio from 1875 . In 1882 he was offered the directorate of the new McCormick Observatory at the University of Virginia . In 1884 he founded the Annals of Mathematics with his own money , which is today one of the most important specialist journals in mathematics .
During his many years as an astronomer he discovered 88 objects in the NGC catalog and 7 in the index catalog .
Web links
- Ormond Stone with Wolfgang Steinicke
- Ormond Stone at the University of Virginia
- Publications by O. Stone in the Astrophysics Data System
- CP Olivier: Ormond Stone Popular Astronomy, Vol. 41 (1933), p. 295 (obituary, English)
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| SURNAME | Stone, Ormond |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronomer and mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pekin (Illinois) |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 1933 |
| Place of death | Centerville, Virginia |