Huggins, William, Sir, 1824-1910

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Educated at City of London School. After a few years of business he decided to devote himself to astronomy. F. R. A. S. 1854. In 1856 he built an observatory at Tulse Hill and applied to stars the methods of Kirchhofs researches into the chemical constitution of the sun. In conjunction with William Allen Miller (F. R. S. 1845) he devised the star spectroscope and showed that in structure the stars resemble the sun. F. R. S. 1865. Royal Medal 1866. Rumford Medal 1880. Copley Medal 1898. President of British Association 1891. K. C. B. 1897. O. M. 1902. He was elected 37th President of the Royal Society 1900-1905. In 1890 he received a civil list pension.

From the description of Correspondence, 1865-1908. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79715496

Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society.

From the description of Papers, 1854-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78440560

Pioneer in field of astrophysics and spectroscopic astronomy. Huggins designed a spectrascope to observe stellar spectra. His work also includes spectroscopic observations of nebula, comets and a nova.

From the description of Diaries, 1856-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83949157

English astronomer.

From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : [London] July 6 1897, to Sir Alexander [Mackenzie], 1897 July 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270666493

From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : [London] July 12 1897, to an unidentified recipient, 1897 July 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270666498

Astonomer and Fellow of the Royal Society.

From the description of Letters to A. B. Kempe, 1894-1905. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80170558

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creatorOf Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913. Letters. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
creatorOf Huggins, William, Sir, 1824-1910. Typewritten letter signed, dated : [London] July 6 1897, to Sir Alexander [Mackenzie], 1897 July 6. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Huggins, William, Sir, 1824-1910. Paper. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
referencedIn Scientists Collection, 1563-1973 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Huggins, William, Sir, 1824-1910. Papers, 1854-1900. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn THOMPSON, Professor Silvanus Phillips (1851-1916), 1828-1951 Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
referencedIn Collection of autographs of scientists, 1772-1973, 1772-1973 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Huggins, William, Sir, 1824-1910. Typewritten letter signed, dated : [London] July 12 1897, to an unidentified recipient, 1897 July 12. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Rawlins, Ray E. D., 1917-1979,. Collection of autographs of scientists, 1772-1973. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Young, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1834-1908. Selected papers [microform], 1849-1908. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Huggins, William, Sir, 1824-1910. Correspondence, 1865-1908. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Album materials, 1777-1925 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Library. Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection. 1668-1983. American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939. David Peck Todd papers, 1862-1939 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Sir William Huggins collection, 1901-1903 Scott Polar Research Institute
referencedIn University of Oxford. Observatory, 1875-. Records, 1873-ca. 1930. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Huggins, William, Sir, 1824-1910. Papers. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
referencedIn Ramsay, William, 1852-1916. Papers, 1870-1916. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Lick Observatory. Records, 1873-1966. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Huggins, William, Sir, 1824-1910. Letters to A. B. Kempe, 1894-1905. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939. Papers, 1862-1939 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939. David Peck Todd papers, 1862-1939 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIi, 1897 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Sir James Paget correspondence, 1784-1932, 1784-1932 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Huggins, William, Sir, 1824-1910. Diaries, 1856-1900. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Whelpley, Albert W. Albert W. Whelpley Autograph Collection. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
creatorOf Huggins, William, Sir, 1824-1910. Letters from Sir William Huggins, with related material. Brotherton Library, University of Leeds
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Birth 1824-02-07

Death 1910-05-12

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