Denison Olmsted
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Denison Olmsted was a 19th-century American astronomer and physicist known for his pioneering studies of meteor showers and for authoring influential textbooks on natural philosophy.
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| instanceOf |
academic
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astronomer ⓘ author ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| contributedTo | establishing meteors as extraterrestrial in origin ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1791 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1859 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Yale College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Yale University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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meteor astronomy ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| genre |
popular science
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scientific textbook ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
astronomy
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mathematics ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early scientific explanation of meteor showers as cosmic phenomena
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pioneering studies of meteor showers ⓘ popular textbooks on natural philosophy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Association for the Advancement of Science NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Compendium of Natural Philosophy
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Introduction to Natural Philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ School Astronomy NERFINISHED ⓘ Treatise on Astronomy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronomer
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physicist ⓘ textbook writer ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | East Hartford, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at the University of North Carolina
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Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy at Yale College ⓘ |
| religion | Congregationalism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studied |
Leonid meteor storm of 1833
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meteor showers ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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New Haven, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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