Papers, 1928-1975.

Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972

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Astronomer (galaxies, photometry, spectroscopy) and administrator. Astronomer, Mount Wilson Observatory, 1914-1921; director, Harvard Observatory, 1921-1952; on the astronomy faculty at Harvard from 1952. From the description of Papers [microform], 1910-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80523781 Harlow Shapley (1885-1972) was an astronomer. Shapley served as director of the Harvard College Observatory and was a professor at Harvard University, eventually he became the Pai...

Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955

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Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879. Six weeks later the family moved to Munich, where he later on began his schooling at the Luitpold Gymnasium. Later, they moved to Italy and Albert continued his education at Aarau, Switzerland and in 1896 he entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich to be trained as a teacher in physics and mathematics. In 1901, the year he gained his diploma, he acquired Swiss citizenship and, as he was...

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Chartered as Illinois Industrial University 1867; adopted name University of Illinois in 1885 and know as the Urbana-Champaign campus; became University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1966). From the description of Afro-American Studies and Research Program records, 1980-1984. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70970126 ...

McVittie, George C. (George Cunliffe)

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Astronomer (cosmology, gravitational collapse, quasars), educator, and applied mathematician. On the mathematics faculty at University of London, Kings College, 1936-1948; and Queen Mary College, 1948-1952; and head, department of astronomy, University of Illinois, Urbana, from 1952. From the description of Selected papers [microform], 1926-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84429677 McVittie (1904-1988). Astronomer (cosmology, gravitational collapse, quasars), educator an...

Taub, Abraham Haskel, 1911-....

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Taub was a professor of Mathematics at UCB. From the description of Abraham Haskel Taub papers, ca. 1948-1975. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 84655592 ...

Whittaker, E. T. (Edmund Taylor), 1873-1956

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Edmund Taylor Whittaker, born in 1873 in Southport, England, was a mathematician, astronomer and philosopher. He attended Trinity College, Cambridge, and was appointed professor of astronomy at the University of Dublin in 1906. In 1912, he was made professor of mathematics at the University of Edinburgh, holding this post for thirty-five years before retiring in 1946. After 1930, when he was received into the Roman Catholic Church, his interests turned to natural theology. He died in 1956. ...

Lowell, Sherman C. (Sherman Cabot), 1918-

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Sandage, Allan

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Allan R. Sandage (1926- ) Astronomer. Received his AB (1948) and DSc 1967) from the University of Illinois, and his Ph.D. (1953) from the California Institute of Technology. Astornomer, Carnegie Observatory (1956-); Senior Resident Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute (1987-). From the description of Oral history interview with Allan R. Sandage, 1978 May 22 and 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84429959 ...

McVittie, Emily Caroline Weber

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University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)

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McVittie, Francis Skinner

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University of Cambridge.

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Harvard University celebrated its 250th anniversary in 1886. Many institutions of higher education, governments, and individuals sent greetings and congratulations to commemorate the occasion. This seal accompanied greetings from the University of Cambridge, England, to the university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From the description of Sigillum coe cancellarii mror et scholariu Universitat Cantebrigie, 1886. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228509847 The University...

Darwin, Charles Galton, Sir, 1887-1962

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Physicist and Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Correspondence with Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, 1923-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122505991 Physicist (wave theory, quantum theory, x-ray diffraction) and administrator. On the physics faculty at Manchester University (1910-1914); on the mathematics faculty at University of Cambridge (1914-1922, 1936-1938); on the natural philosophy faculty at University of Edinburgh (1923-1936); director of the Na...

University of Edinburgh.

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The University of Edinburgh was established by Royal Charter in 1582 . It was originally called Tounis College, when part of a legacy left by Robert Reid, Bishop of Orkney in 1558 had established a college of which the Town Council had gained control to establish a College of Law on the South side of Edinburgh. The inception of the University took place in 1583 . In 1617 when King James VI of Scotland (I of England) visited the College it was decreed that the College should change i...