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George Ellery Hale

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Gender Male
Death85 years ago
Date of birth June 29,1868
Zodiac sign Cancer
Born Chicago
Illinois
United States
Date of died February 21,1938
DiedPasadena
California
United States
Place of burialChicago, Illinois, United States
Alma mater Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Job Teacher
Astronomer
Book editor
Awards Copley Medal
Franklin Medal
Henry Draper Medal
Rumford Prize
Elliott Cresson Medal
Janssen Medal
Actonian Prize
Frederic Ives Medal
Galileo Medal
Bruce Medal
SpousEvelina Conklin Hale
Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Known forSpectroheliograph; Hale's law; Hale cycle
FieldAstronomy; Astrophysics
NationalityAmerican
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID547319

Signals from the stars
The New Heavens
Ten years' work of a mountain observatory
National academies and the progress of research
Some Recent Contributions to Our Knowledge of the Sun
The study of stellar evolution
The Rotation Period of the Sun as Determined from the Motion of the Calcium Flocculi
The Spectrum of the High Potential Discharge Between Metallic Electrodes in Liquids and in Gases at High Pressures
The Rumford Spectroheliograph of the Yerkes Observatory
Photography of the Solar Prominences
The Legacy of George Ellery Hale: Evolution of Astronomy and Scientific Institutions, in Pictures and Documents
The spectra of stars of Secchi's fourth type
The Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago
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George Ellery Hale was an American astrophysicist, best known for his discovery of magnetic fields in sunspots, and as the leader or key figure in the planning or construction of several world-leading ...

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