Edward Charles Pickering

Details

Instance of

human

Born

19 July 1846

Died

3 February 1919

Place of birth

Boston

Place of death

Cambridge

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Edward, Charles

Family name

Pickering

Sibling

William Henry Pickering

Field of work

astronomy, astrophysics

Occupation

astronomer, astrophysicist, university teacher

Citizenship

United States

Awards

Prix Jules Janssen, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Henry Draper Medal, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Bruce Medal, Rumford Prize, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Foreign Member of the Royal Society

contributed to creative work

Popular Science

described by source

Nordisk familjebok, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Astronomers: A Biographical Reference

educated at

Harvard University

employer

Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

languages spoken, written or signed

English

member of

Royal Society, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Physiographic Society in Lund, Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, American Association of Variable Star Observers, American Philosophical Society, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

name in native language

Edward Charles Pickering

place of burial

Mount Auburn Cemetery

student

Mary E. Byrd, Williamina Fleming

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