Barnard. Edward Emerson. Papers 1846-1926

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Barnard. Edward Emerson. Papers 1846-1926

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Edward Emerson Barnard (1857-1923) Astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer. The Papers contain observation notes, calculations, photographs, and published and unpublished writings, most documenting Barnard's work at the University of Chicago's Yerkes Observatory.

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Calvert, Mary Ross, 1894-1974

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Mary Ross Calvert (b. June 20, 1884, Nashville, TN–d. June 25, 1974, Nashville, TN) was an American astronomical computer and astrophotographer. She started work at the Yerkes Observatory in 1905 as assistant and computer. She became curator of the Yerkes photographic plate collection and a high-level assistant from 1923 until her retirement in 1946....

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Yerkes Observatory, located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, is a facility of the University of Chicago's Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics. The observatory opened in 1897 as the joint creation of three founders: William Rainey Harper, the first president of the University of Chicago; Professor George E. Hale, the observatory's first director; and Charles T. Yerkes, a wealthy Chicago businessman who provided funds for the erection of the observatory building. Known as the home of the last of t...

Barnard, Edward Emerson, 1857-1923

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Astronomer (discoverer of moons of Jupiter). On the faculty at Vanderbilt University. Born and raised in Nashville, TN. From the description of Tennessee Historical Society Miscellaneous Files Box 1 (B-4, B10 1/3, B10 1/2, B10 3/4), 1892-1906. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84586793 Barnard (1857-1923). Astronomer. From the description of Papers, 1882-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80633219 From the description of Papers of Edward Emerson Bernard, ...