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{{Short description|American astronomer}} |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1886|04|14}} |
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| birth_place = [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], US |
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| death_place = [[Corona del Mar, California]], US |
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| fields = Astronomy |
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| alma_mater = [[University of Virginia]] |
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| thesis_title = New Positions of the Stars in the Huyghenian Region of the Great Nebula of Orion |
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| thesis_year = 1910 |
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| doctoral_advisor = [[Ormond Stone]] |
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| awards = Gold Medal of the [[Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters|Royal Danish Academy of Sciences]] (1926) |
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'''Ralph Elmer Wilson''' (April 14, 1886 – March 25, 1960) was an American [[astronomer]]. |
'''Ralph Elmer Wilson''' (April 14, 1886 – March 25, 1960) was an American [[astronomer]]. |
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He earned his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] from [[Carleton College]] and entered the [[University of Virginia]] in 1906, where he earned his [[Ph.D.]] in 1910 based on his work at the [[Leander Mccormick Observatory]] working with [[Ormond Stone]]. He then worked at the [[Dudley Observatory]], then at the [[Manuel Foster Observatory|Lick southern station]] in [[Santiago, Chile]] in 1913,<ref name=Campbell1913/> and by 1939 at the [[Mount Wilson Observatory]]. In 1929 he became the associate editor of the ''[[Astronomical Journal]]''. He was elected to the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]] in 1950. |
Wilson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Herbert Couper Wilson and Mary B. Nichols.<ref name=Joy1962/> He earned his [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] from [[Carleton College]] and entered the [[University of Virginia]] in 1906, where he earned his [[Ph.D.]] in 1910 based on his work at the [[Leander Mccormick Observatory]] working with [[Ormond Stone]]. He then worked at the [[Dudley Observatory]], then at the [[Manuel Foster Observatory|Lick southern station]] in [[Santiago, Chile]] in 1913,<ref name=Campbell1913/> and by 1939 at the [[Mount Wilson Observatory]]. In 1929, he became the associate editor of the ''[[Astronomical Journal]]''. He was elected to the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]] in 1950. |
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He published multiple papers on stellar [[absolute magnitude]]s, [[proper motion]]s, and [[radial velocity|radial velocities]] of various stars, along with [[binary star]] systems and orbital derivations of [[spectroscopic binary|spectroscopic binaries]]. Among his publications was the ''General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities'' in 1953. |
He published multiple papers on stellar [[absolute magnitude]]s, [[proper motion]]s, and [[radial velocity|radial velocities]] of various stars, along with [[binary star]] systems and orbital derivations of [[spectroscopic binary|spectroscopic binaries]]. Among his publications was the ''General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities'' in 1953. |
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| pages=166–169 | doi=10.1086/122225 | jstor=40710298 |
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| title=Ralph Elmer Wilson, 1886–1960, A Biographical Memoir |
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| last=Joy | first=Alfred H. | date=1962 |
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| publisher=National Academy of Sciences |
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| url=http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/wilson-ralph.pdf |
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| access-date=2022-01-06 | postscript=. }}</ref> |
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Ralph Elmer Wilson | |
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| Born | April 14, 1886 Cincinnati, Ohio, US |
| Died | March 25, 1960 (aged 73) |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia |
| Known for | Astrometric studies, editor |
| Spouse | Mary Adelaide Macdonald |
| Children | Herbert Ralph Wilson |
| Awards | Gold Medal of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences (1926) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Thesis | New Positions of the Stars in the Huyghenian Region of the Great Nebula of Orion (1910) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ormond Stone |
Ralph Elmer Wilson (April 14, 1886 – March 25, 1960) was an American astronomer.
Wilson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Herbert Couper Wilson and Mary B. Nichols.[1] He earned his B.A. from Carleton College and entered the University of Virginia in 1906, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1910 based on his work at the Leander Mccormick Observatory working with Ormond Stone. He then worked at the Dudley Observatory, then at the Lick southern station in Santiago, Chile in 1913,[2] and by 1939 at the Mount Wilson Observatory. In 1929, he became the associate editor of the Astronomical Journal. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1950.
He published multiple papers on stellar absolute magnitudes, proper motions, and radial velocities of various stars, along with binary star systems and orbital derivations of spectroscopic binaries. Among his publications was the General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities in 1953.
The crater Wilson on the Moon is co-named for him, Alexander Wilson and Charles T. R. Wilson.
References
[edit]- ^ Joy, Alfred H. (1962), Ralph Elmer Wilson, 1886–1960, A Biographical Memoir (PDF), National Academy of Sciences, retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ Campbell, W. W. (June 1913), "Recent changes in Lick Observatory appointments", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 25 (148): 166–169, Bibcode:1913PASP...25..166C, doi:10.1086/122225, JSTOR 40710298.
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