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Edward Charles Pickering

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Gender Male
Death104 years ago
Date of birth July 19,1846
Zodiac sign Cancer
Born Boston
Massachusetts
United States
Date of died February 3,1919
DiedCambridge
Massachusetts
United States
Siblings William Henry Pickering
Job Astronomer
Physicist
Education Boston Latin School
Harvard University
Awards Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bruce Medal
Henry Draper Medal
Rumford Prize
Valz Prize
Prix Jules Janssen
NationalityAmerican
Notable student Williamina Fleming
FoundedAppalachian Mountain Club
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID468506

The Future of Astronomy
The Henry Draper Catalogue
Elements of Physical Manipulation
An Investigation in Stellar Photography: Conducted at the Harvard College Observatory with the Aid of an Appropriation from the Bache Fund
Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College Volume 93; The Henry Draper Catalog 7h and 8h
The Henry Draper Catalogue O>h, 1>h, 2>h, and 3>h
Observations of the Transit of Venus: December 5 and 6, 1882, Made at the Harvard College Observatory
Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College, Vol. XXVIII. -Part I. Spectra of Bright Stars
The Henry Draper Catalog; Volume 8
The Henry Draper Catalog; Volume 92
Circulars, Issues 101-150
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Edward Charles Pickering was an American astronomer and physicist and the older brother of William Henry Pickering. Along with Carl Vogel, Pickering discovered the first spectroscopic binary stars. He wrote Elements of Physical Manipulations.

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