Chamberlain, Joseph Miles
Name Entries
person
Chamberlain, Joseph Miles
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Chamberlain, Joseph Miles
Genders
Exist Dates
Biographical History
Joseph M. Chamberlain was an educator, curator and planetarium/museum director. He was assistant curator 1952- and astronomer 1953-1968 at the American Museum of Natural History-Hayden Planetarium; and assistant director of the AMNH 1966-1968, under director James A. Oliver.
Chamberlain graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy with a B.A. in nautical science and served as a navigator in the U.S. Navy, 1945-1946. He earned a doctorate in educational administration in 1962. As chairman of the Hayden Planetarium, he was in charge of its publications and research stations, and led expeditions to observe and study eclipses. Chamberlain also developed career instructional materials for the American Astronomical Society's Education Ccommittee. In 1968 he became director of the Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum in Chicago, and remained there until his retirement in 1991.
eng
Latn
External Related CPF
https://viaf.org/viaf/6372570
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85183859
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n85183859
Other Entity IDs (Same As)
Sources
Loading ...
Resource Relations
Loading ...
Internal CPF Relations
Loading ...
Languages Used
Subjects
Natural history museums
Nationalities
Activities
Occupations
Legal Statuses
Places
New York (State)--New York
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Convention Declarations
<conventionDeclaration><citation>VIAF</citation></conventionDeclaration>