Alvan Clark

Alvan Clark

male, deceased (1887)
Ashfield, American, Optician, refracting telescope, ole miss, siege of leningrad…LickObservatory, yerkes observatory, United States Naval Observatory, Pulkovo Observatory, Dearborn Observatory
Alvan Clark (March 8, 1804 - August 19, 1887), born in Ashfield, Massachusetts, the decendant of a Cape Cod whaling family, was an American...
William Wallace Campbell

William Wallace Campbell

male, deceased (1938)
University of California, Astronomer, LickObservatory, suicide, American, spectroscopy
William Wallace Campbell (April 11 1862 - June 14 1938) was an American astronomer. He was director of Lick Observatory from 1900 to 1930. He...
Gerard Kuiper

Gerard Kuiper

male, deceased (1973)
Leiden University alumni, Tuitjenhorn, naturalized, uranus, naturalized citizen of the United States, Dutch American…LickObservatory, yerkes observatory, Harvard College Observatory, Bosscha Observatory
Gerard Peter Kuiper, born Gerrit Pieter Kuiper (Dec 7 1905, Harenkarspel (Tuitjenhorn) - Dec 23 1973, Mexico City) was a Dutch American astronomer...
Charles Dillon Perrine

Charles Dillon Perrine

male, deceased (1951)
Astronomer, cordoba, asteroid, argentine, moon, LickObservatory
Charles Dillon Perrine was an American-Argentine astronomer. Born in Ohio, he worked at Lick Observatory from 1893 to 1909 and then was director of...
George Herbig

George Herbig

male, 89 years old
ph.d, PhD, interstellar medium, variable star, Herbig-Haro object, diffuse interstellar band…LickObservatory
George Howard Herbig (born January 2 1920) is an astronomer at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. He received his Ph.D in 1948 at...
James Edward Keeler

James Edward Keeler

male, deceased (1900)
University of Pittsburgh, George Hale, astrophysical journal, gap, asteroid, Asteroid discoverer…LickObservatory, Allegheny Observatory
James Edward Keeler was an American astronomer. He worked at Lick Observatory beginning in 1888 but was appointed director of the University of...
Edward Singleton Holden

Edward Singleton Holden

male, deceased (1914)
From st. louis, missouri, From St. Louis, American, LickObservatory, Astronomer, Washington University in St. Louis alumni
Edward Singleton Holden (November 5,1846 - March 16,1914) was an American astronomer.
Joel Stebbins

Joel Stebbins

male, deceased (1966)
University of Wisconsin-Madison, American, University of California, Astronomer, University of Illinois, LickObservatory…Washburn Observatory
Joel Stebbins (July 30 1878 - March 16 1966) was an American astronomer who pioneered photoelectric photometry in astronomy. He earned his Ph.D at...
Robert Grant Aitken

Robert Grant Aitken

male, deceased (1951)
Astronomer, Buddhist, zen, Buddhism, double star, hearing aid…LickObservatory
Robert Grant Aitken (December 31 1864 - October 29 1951) was an American astronomer. He worked at Lick Observatory in California. He systematically...
Sandra M. Faber

Sandra M. Faber

female, 65 years old
Harvard Centennial Medal recipient, Harvard Centennial Medal, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz faculty, Bok Prize, Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics…LickObservatory
Sandra Moore Faber (1944 -) is a professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz and works at the Lick...