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- Born
- 1846
- Died
- 1919
- Works
- 35
Top works
- The north polar sequence
- Observations made at the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, Massachusetts, U.S.A., in the year 1887
- Detection of new nebulae by photography
- Observations made at the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, Massachusetts, U.S.A., in the year 1891
- Observations and investigations made at the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, Massachusetts, U.S.A., in the years 1899 and 1900, under the direction of A. Lawrence Rotch
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.
· 2000 · cited 28,532x
- The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior
· 2000 · cited 24,754x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1846-07-19 ) July 19, 1846, Boston , Massachusetts, U.S.
- Died
- February 3, 1919 (1919-02-03) (aged 72), Cambridge, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Resting place
- Mount Auburn Cemetery , Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Alma mater
- Harvard University
- Known for
- Spectroscopic binary stars, Pickering–Fowler series
- Awards
- Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1873), Henry Draper Medal (1888), Valz Prize (1888), Bruce Medal (1908) , Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1886 and 1901)
- Fields
- Astronomy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Family name
- Pickering
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Sibling
- William Henry Pickering
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral student
- Williamina Fleming
- Field of work
- astrophysics
- Image
- Edward Charles Pickering.jpg
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- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- date of birth
- 1846-07-19
- date of death
- 1919-02-03
- Commons category
- Edward Charles Pickering
- name in native language
- Edward Charles Pickering
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- P8168
- Ashford
- place of burial
- Mount Auburn Cemetery
- student
- Mary E. Byrd
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Encyclopedic overview
Edward Charles Pickering (July 19, 1846 – February 3, 1919) was an American astronomer and physicist and the older brother of William Henry Pickering. Along with Carl Vogel, Pickering discovered the first spectroscopic binary stars. He wrote Elements of Physical Manipulations (2 vol., 1873–76).
Personal life
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