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'''William H. (Bill) Jefferys''' is a [[United States|U.S.]] [[astronomer]] and a [[professor emeritus]] of [[astronomy]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]]. He specialized in [[astrometry]] and [[astrophysics]], including the [[kinematics]] and [[dynamics]] of astronomical bodies. Jefferys was the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] Astrometry Team leader, and participated in the project that repaired the Hubble Space Telescope after the discovery of its initial [[optic|optical]] defect. Jefferys served as chairman of the University of Texas Department of Astronomy. He retired in [[2004]]. |
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| nationality = [[United States|American]] |
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| workplaces = [[University of Texas at Austin]] |
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| alma_mater = [[Yale University]] |
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| thesis_title = Some Dynamical Systems of Two Degrees of Freedom in Celestial Mechanics |
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| thesis_url = https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/14714477 |
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| thesis_year = 1965 |
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'''William Hamilton Jefferys III''' (born 1940) is an American [[astronomer]]. He is a Harlan J. Smith Centennial Professor of Astronomy (Emeritus) of astronomy at [[University of Texas at Austin|The University of Texas at Austin]], and an [[adjunct professor]] of [[statistics]] at the [[University of Vermont]]. |
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Jefferys specialized in [[astrometry]], [[celestial mechanics]], and [[astrophysics]], including the [[kinematics]] and [[dynamics (mechanics)|dynamics]] of astronomical bodies. He has also worked in the field of [[Bayesian statistics]], particularly with astronomical applications. He was the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] Astrometry Science Team leader, and participated in the project that repaired the Hubble Space Telescope after the discovery of its initial [[optic]]al defect. |
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==Wikipedia involvment== |
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Jefferys joined the Wikipedia community in April 2005 as [[User:Billjefferys]]. He has been contributing to the [[Fine-tuned universe]], and his related [http://bayesrules.net/papers/ockham.pdf Ikeda/Jefferys Argument.] |
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Jefferys served as chairman of The University of Texas Department of Astronomy from 1994 to 1998. He retired from the University of Texas in 2004 and moved to Vermont in 2005, where he accepted an appointment as adjunct professor of statistics at the University of Vermont. |
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*[http://quasar.as.utexas.edu/ Bill Jefferys homepage] |
*[http://quasar.as.utexas.edu/ Bill Jefferys homepage] |
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*[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?sim_query=YES&ned_query=YES&aut_xct=NO&aut_logic=OR&obj_logic=OR&author=Jefferys%2C+W&object=&start_mon=&start_year=1962&end_mon=&end_year=&ttl_logic=OR&title=&txt_logic=OR&text=&nr_to_return=150&start_nr=1&query_type=PAPERS&select_nr=50&select_start=1&start_entry_day=&start_entry_mon=&start_entry_year=&min_score=&jou_pick=ALL&ref_stems=&data_and=ALL&group_and=ALL&sort=SCORE&aut_wt=1.0&obj_wt=1.0&ttl_wt=0.3&txt_wt=3.0&ttl_syn=YES&txt_syn=YES&aut_wgt=YES&obj_wgt=YES&ttl_wgt=YES&txt_wgt=YES&ttl_sco=YES&txt_sco=YES&db_key=AST&version=1 Jefferys' publications] (a partial list from [[NASA]] [[Astrophysics Data System]]). This does not include publications on statistics, some of which can be retrieved [http://quasar.as.utexas.edu/Papers.html here]. |
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Latest revision as of 22:36, 12 October 2023
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William H. Jefferys | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
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| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | University of Texas at Austin |
| Thesis | Some Dynamical Systems of Two Degrees of Freedom in Celestial Mechanics (1965) |
| Doctoral advisor | Gen'ichirō Hori |
William Hamilton Jefferys III (born 1940) is an American astronomer. He is a Harlan J. Smith Centennial Professor of Astronomy (Emeritus) of astronomy at The University of Texas at Austin, and an adjunct professor of statistics at the University of Vermont.
Jefferys specialized in astrometry, celestial mechanics, and astrophysics, including the kinematics and dynamics of astronomical bodies. He has also worked in the field of Bayesian statistics, particularly with astronomical applications. He was the Hubble Space Telescope Astrometry Science Team leader, and participated in the project that repaired the Hubble Space Telescope after the discovery of its initial optical defect.
Jefferys served as chairman of The University of Texas Department of Astronomy from 1994 to 1998. He retired from the University of Texas in 2004 and moved to Vermont in 2005, where he accepted an appointment as adjunct professor of statistics at the University of Vermont.
External links
[edit]- Bill Jefferys homepage
- Jefferys' publications (a partial list from NASA Astrophysics Data System). This does not include publications on statistics, some of which can be retrieved here.
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