Fox, Philip. Collection 1905-1933

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Fox, Philip. Collection 1905-1933

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Philip Fox (1878-1944) astronomer and first Director of the Adler Planetarium. Contains sixteen notebooks of astronomical observations and calculations in Berlin and at Yerkes Observatory and Dearborn Observatory, photographs and a recording.

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Yerkes Observatory

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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...

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Fox, Philip, 1878-1944

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Astronomer. Professor of Astronomy, Northwestern University and director, Dearborn Observatory, 1909-1929; director, Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum, 1929-1937; director, Museum of Science and Industry, 1937-1942. From the description of Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum of Chicago: an account of the optical planetarium and a brief guide to the museum, 1933. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81192693 Philip Fox was born on March 7, 1878, in Manhat...