Charles Augustus Young
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Charles Augustus Young (December 15, 1834 – January 3, 1908) was an American astronomer
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He graduated from Dartmouth
and later became a professor there in 1865, remaining until 1877 when he went to Princeton
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He observed solar eclipse
s and worked on spectroscopy
of the Sun
.
He was a successful educator. He wrote a popular and widely-used series of astronomy
textbooks, including Manual of Astronomy. Many years later in 1927, when Henry Norris Russell
, Raymond Smith Dugan
and John Quincy Stewart
wrote their own two-volume textbook, they entitled it Astronomy: A Revision of Young’s Manual of Astronomy.
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
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He graduated from Dartmouth
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
and later became a professor there in 1865, remaining until 1877 when he went to Princeton
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
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He observed solar eclipse
Solar eclipse
As seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun as viewed from a location on Earth. This can happen only during a new moon, when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth. At least...
s and worked on spectroscopy
Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy is the study of the interaction between matter and radiated energy. Historically, spectroscopy originated through the study of visible light dispersed according to its wavelength, e.g., by a prism. Later the concept was expanded greatly to comprise any interaction with radiative...
of the Sun
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
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He was a successful educator. He wrote a popular and widely-used series of astronomy
Astronomy
Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
textbooks, including Manual of Astronomy. Many years later in 1927, when Henry Norris Russell
Henry Norris Russell
Henry Norris Russell was an American astronomer who, along with Ejnar Hertzsprung, developed the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram . In 1923, working with Frederick Saunders, he developed Russell–Saunders coupling which is also known as LS coupling.-Biography:Russell was born in 1877 in Oyster Bay, New...
, Raymond Smith Dugan
Raymond Smith Dugan
Raymond Smith Dugan was an American astronomer and a graduate of Amherst College in Massachusetts .Dugan obtained his Masters Degree from Amherst College in 1902, and then received his Ph.D...
and John Quincy Stewart
John Quincy Stewart
John Quincy Stewart was an American astrophysicist.He obtained his Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University in 1919...
wrote their own two-volume textbook, they entitled it Astronomy: A Revision of Young’s Manual of Astronomy.
External links
- The New Student's Reference Work/Young, Charles Augustus