Henry Draper
Sign in to saveAmerican physician and astronomer (1837–1882)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1837
- Died
- 1882
- Works
- 9
Top works
- On the construction of a silvered glass telescope, fifteen and a half inches in aperture, and its uses in celestial photography
- On diffraction spectrum photography
- Construction d'un télescope à miroir argenté de 15 pouces et demi d'ouverture et son emploi en photographie ecleste
- Lectures on the collects delivered at Camden Chapel
- Researches on astronomical spectrum-photography
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The empirical mode decomposition and the Hilbert spectrum for nonlinear and non-stationary time series analysis
· 1998 · cited 19,430x
- Welcome to the Tidyverse
· 2019 · cited 19,178x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
- ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions
· 2016 · cited 14,485x
- Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: Is blinding necessary?
· 1996 · cited 13,931x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1837-03-07 ) March 7, 1837, Prince Edward County, Virginia , US
- Died
- November 20, 1882 (1882-11-20) (aged 45), New York City, US
- Alma mater
- New York University School of Medicine
- Fields
- Astronomy
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Key dates
- Born
- 7 March 1837
- Died
- 20 November 1882
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Prince Edward County
- Place of death
- New York City
- Spouse
- Mary Anna Draper
- Father
- John William Draper
- Occupation
- chemist
- Educated at
- Grossman School of Medicine
Article
Henry Draper (March 7, 1837 – November 20, 1882) was an American medical doctor and amateur astronomer. He is best known today as a pioneer of astrophotography.
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1837 births1882 deaths19th-century American photographersAmerican astronomersAmerican people of Brazilian descentAstrophotographersBellevue Hospital physiciansMedical doctors from New York CityMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyMembers of the United States National Academy of SciencesNew York University facultyNew York University Grossman School of Medicine alumni