Griffith J. Griffith

Griffith J. Griffith

male, deceased (1919)
from California, santa monica, san quentin state prison, griffithobservatory, observatory, griffith park…Griffith Jenkins Griffith
Griffith Jenkins Griffith was an American immigrant from Wales who made millions in a mining syndicate in the 1880s. He donated 3,015 acres to the...
Ed Krupp

Ed Krupp

male
PhD, Robin Rector Krupp, Dr. Edwin C. Krupp, In Search of Ancient Astronomies, Archaeoastronomy and the Roots of Science, archaeoastronomy…griffithobservatory
Dr. Edwin C. Krupp is an American astronomer and the director of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles since 1974. He received his PhD in...

Laura Danly

female
Yale University, Space Telescope Science Institute, Kitt Peak National Observatory, solar physics, archaeoastronomy, Denver Museum of Nature & Science…National Radio Astronomical Observatory, Cerro Tololo IntAm Observatory, griffithobservatory, MacDonald Observatory
Laura Danly, Ph.D. is is an American astronomer and academic. Currently, Danly serves as senior fellow, honors program at the University of Denver...
Dinsmore Alter

Dinsmore Alter

male, deceased (1968)
University of Pittsburgh, University of Kansas, University of Alabama, from Washington, Astronomer, World War I…griffithobservatory
Dinsmore Alter (March 28, 1888-September 20, 1968) was an American astronomer and meteorologist. He was born in Colfax, Washington, and attended...

Don Dixon

male, 58 years old
painter, Sicilian-American, California artist, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, gouache, Mars trilogy…griffithobservatory
Born in Easton, Pennsylvania in 1951, Don Dixon is an astronomical artist practicing space art in the tradition of Chesley Bonestell, who believed...
Russell W. Porter

Russell W. Porter

male, deceased (1949)
Hale telescope, griffithobservatory, telescope, Optician, crater, Amateur astronomer…Mount Palomar Observatory
Russell Williams Porter (December 13, 1871 - February 22, 1949) was an American amateur astronomer and explorer. He is sometimes referred to as the...
George Ogden Abell

George Ogden Abell

male, deceased (1983)
clusters of galaxies, galaxy clusters, debunker, skeptic, Pseudoscience, california institute of technology…griffithobservatory
George Ogden Abell (March 1, 1927-October 7 1983) was an astronomer at UCLA. He has been admired as a research astronomer, as an inspiring teacher,...

Lucile Lloyd

female, deceased (1941)
California's Name, california state senate, Bertram G. Goodhue, griffithobservatory, Works Progress Administration, cooper union
Lucile Lloyd (August 28 1894 - February 25 1941) was an American muralist. Lloyd was born in [[Cincinnati, Ohio. She worked in her father's studio...
Kevin R. Grazier

Kevin R. Grazier

male (Eureka, United States)
purdue, UCLA, scientist, NASA, CNN, purdue university…griffithobservatory
Dr. Kevin Grazier - The Science of Science Fiction To say that science has influenced science fiction is obvious. What is not as obvious is how...
Paul Koenig

Paul Koenig

male, 38 years old (Glendale, California, United States)
single, University of Southern California, agnostic, MySpace, griffithobservatory, occidental college
Excerpts from the Collected Writer’s Biographies of Paul Koenig.