Raymond Smith Dugan
Raymond Smith Dugan (born May 30, 1878 in Montague , Massachusetts , † August 31, 1940 in Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania ) was an American astronomer .
Dugan completed his studies at Amherst College ( Massachusetts ) in 1902 and then went to Heidelberg , where he wrote his dissertation in 1905 at the State Observatory in Heidelberg-Königstuhl .
At that time, the Heidelberg observatory under Max Wolf was a center for asteroid observation and discovery. During his time there, Dugan discovered 16 asteroids .
In 1905 he went back to the USA and worked at Princeton University . In 1908 he became an assistant professor and in 1920 professor . In 1927 he co-authored an influential two-volume work with Henry Norris Russell and John Quincy Stewart entitled Astronomy: A Revision of Young ’s Manual of Astronomy (Ginn & Co., Boston, 1926-27, 1938, 1945), which about became a standard astronomical work for two decades. The first volume deals with the solar system , the second with astrophysics and stellar astronomy . Since 1931 he was an elected member of the American Philosophical Society .
Dugan died in 1940 after a long illness. His wife, to whom he had been married since 1909, and two adopted children survived him.
The asteroid (2772) Dugan and a moon crater are named after him.
Web links
- Amherst College Class of 1899
- List of Dissertations at the Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl
- RS Dugan's publications in the Astrophysics Data System
- Obituaries for RS Dugan in the Astrophysics Data System
Individual evidence
- ^ Member History: Raymond S. Dugan. American Philosophical Society, accessed July 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Raymond Smith Dugan in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dugan, Raymond Smith |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montague , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1940 |
| Place of death | Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania |