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Russell's Mail. Working at home on a November day in 1934, Henry Norris Russell, chair of Princeton University's Department of Astronomy and director of its Halsted Observatory, wrote to an inquirer about heaven and the immortality of the soul. The lean, white-haired, fifty-seven-year-old theoretical astrophysicist admitted that "Heaven is not ...
Henry Norris Russell was born in Oyster Bay, New York on October 25, 1877. His father was a Presbyterian pastor. When he was five years old he was motivated to become an astronomer after observing the transit of Venus with his parents. His early education was at home. At the age of 12 he went to the Princeton Preparatory School and entered the ...
Henry Norris Russell. Prof Henry Norris Russell ForMemRS HFRSE FRAS (October 25, 1877 – February 18, 1957) was an American astronomer who, along with Ejnar Hertzsprung, helped create the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (1910). In 1923, working with Frederick Saunders, he developed Russell–Saunders coupling, which is also known as LS coupling.
Quick Reference. (1877–1959) US astronomer best known for his independent discovery of the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram. The son of a Presbyterian minister, Russell was educated at Princeton, where he gained his PhD in 1899. After two years further study in Britain, Russell returned to Princeton, where he became professor of astronomy and ...
1 de fev. de 2001 · DeVorkin’s Henry Norris Russell: Dean of American Astronomers is a solid, assiduously researched, and thoroughly documented work. For its rather stolid style, however, it will, unfortunately, probably not be read as widely as it ought. Russell was born in 1877 in the cloistered Long Island, New York, village of Oyster Bay, where his father ...
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship. The Russell Lecturer is normally chosen annually on the basis of a lifetime of eminence in astronomical research. The award includes a suitably engraved certificate, an invitation to deliver a lecture dealing with a broad astronomical field at a meeting designated by the Board of Trustees, travel expenses to ...
25 de out. de 2017 · Henry Norris Russell. Today, we celebrate the 140th anniversary of the birth of one of America’s greatest astrophysicists: Henry Norris Russell (1877-1957). Called the “Dean of American Astronomers”, he is perhaps best remembered for his discovery of the relationship between the luminosity (absolute brightness) of a star and its color. We ...
