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Seth Barnes Nicholson
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American astronomer (1891–1963)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1891
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Evidence of boron in the sun
- Positions, orbit, and mass of Pluto
- The satellites of Jupiter
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Australia
- Active from
- 1956-04-28
Discography
- Bodyswerve1984
- Jimmy Barnes1985
- For the Working Class Man1985
- Freight Train Heart1987
- Two Fires1990
- Soul Deep1991
- Heat1993
- Flesh and Wood1993
- Psyclone1995
- Love and Fear1999
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,494x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,786x
- Stages of embryonic development of the zebrafish
· 1995 · cited 10,843x
- Surface plasmon subwavelength optics
· 2003 · cited 10,521x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,263x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1891-11-12 ) November 12, 1891, Springfield, Illinois , U.S.
- Died
- July 2, 1963 (1963-07-02) (aged 71), Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Alma mater
- Drake University
- Awards
- Bruce Medal (1963)
- Fields
- astronomy
- Institutions
- Mount Wilson Observatory
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Seth Barnes Nicholson (November 12, 1891 – July 2, 1963) was an American astronomer. He worked at the Lick observatory in California, and is known for discovering several moons of Jupiter in the 20th century.
Nicholson was born in Springfield, Illinois, and was raised in rural Illinois. He was educated at Drake University, where he became interested in astronomy. On May 29, 1913, he was married to Alma Stotts, a fellow student at Drake then the University of California at Berkeley. They would have three children: Margaret, Donald, and Jean.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Seth Barnes Nicholson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.