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Fred Lawrence Whipple
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American astronomer
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Fred Lawrence Whipple was a United States astronomer born in Red Oak on November 5, 1906, and died in Cambridge on August 30, 2004. He received his education at Occidental College, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Los Angeles, with Donald Howard Menzel serving as his doctoral advisor. Whipple was employed by Harvard University and spoke English.
His professional work included studies on the bright line spectrum of Nova Herculis, the origin of interstellar radio disturbances, and upper atmosphere densities and temperatures from meteor observations. He also published works on problems of the solar atmosphere and photographic meteor studies. Whipple was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.
He received several honors, including the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Bruce Medal, and the J. Lawrence Smith Medal.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1906
- Died
- 2004
- Works
- 24
Top works
- On the bright line spectrum of Nova Herculis
- On the origin of interstellar radio disturbances
- Upper atmosphere densities and temperatures from meteor observations
- Problems of the solar atmosphere
- Photographic meteor studies, II. Non-linear trails
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, and User Acceptance of Information Technology
· 1989 · cited 45,495x
- Colorimetric Method for Determination of Sugars and Related Substances
· 1956 · cited 42,301x
- Social Identity Theory and the Organization
· 1989 · cited 31,634x
- User Acceptance of Information Technology: Toward A Unified View1
· 2003 · cited 31,091x
- Microsoft COCO: Common Objects in Context
· 2014 · cited 26,145x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1906-11-05 ) November 5, 1906, Red Oak, Iowa , U.S.
- Died
- August 30, 2004 (2004-08-30) (aged 97), Cambridge, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles , University of California, Berkeley
- Known for
- Composition of comets , Whipple shield , Operation Moonwatch
- Fields
- Astronomy
- Institutions
- Harvard College Observatory , Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Thesis
- A Spectrophotometric Study of the Cepheid Variables η Aquilae and δ Cephei (1931)
- Doctoral advisor
- Donald Menzel , Armin Leuschner
- Doctoral students
- Leland Cunningham , James W. Warwick , Harlan James Smith , Frances Woodworth Wright , Joseph Veverka
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lawrence
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Red Oak
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Occupation
- astronomer
- Educated at
- Occidental College
- Employer
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Donald Howard Menzel
- Field of work
- astronomy
- Image
- Fred Whipple 1927.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1906-11-05
- date of death
- 2004-08-30
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- Commons category
- Fred Lawrence Whipple
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- name in native language
- Fred Lawrence Whipple
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Encyclopedic overview
Fred Lawrence Whipple (November 5, 1906 – August 30, 2004) was an American astronomer, who worked at the Harvard College Observatory for more than 70 years. Among his achievements were asteroid and comet discoveries, the "dirty snowball" hypothesis of comets, and the invention of the Whipple shield.
Early life and education
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