George Ellery Hale

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astronomer astrophysicist human observatory director science administrator solar astronomer

George Ellery Hale was an influential American solar astronomer and observatory builder who pioneered modern astrophysics and led the creation of several of the world’s largest telescopes.

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George Ellery Hale canonical 17

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instanceOf astronomer ⓘ
astrophysicist ⓘ
human ⓘ
observatory director ⓘ
science administrator ⓘ
solar astronomer ⓘ
awardReceived Bruce Medal ⓘ
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
Henry Draper Medal ⓘ
Rumford Medal ⓘ
surface form: Rumford Prize
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1868-06-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1938-02-21 ⓘ
discovered magnetic fields in sunspots ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard College Observatory ⓘ
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
employer Carnegie Institution of Washington ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
familyName Hale ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ
solar physics ⓘ
founded Mount Wilson Observatory ⓘ
Palomar Observatory ⓘ
Yerkes Observatory ⓘ
fullName George Ellery Hale self-link ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
honorificEponym George Ellery Hale Prize ⓘ
Hale Telescope ⓘ
Hale crater on Mars ⓘ
Hale crater on the Moon ⓘ
instrumentInvented spectroheliograph ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf American Astronomical Society ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
middleName Ellery ⓘ
notableFor pioneering modern astrophysics ⓘ
solar magnetic field discoveries ⓘ
notableWork 100-inch Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory ⓘ
surface form: 100-inch Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory

Palomar Observatory ⓘ
surface form: 200-inch Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory

Yerkes Observatory ⓘ
surface form: 40-inch refractor at Yerkes Observatory

60-inch reflector at Mount Wilson Observatory ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Illinois ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Pasadena ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
positionHeld director of Mount Wilson Observatory ⓘ
director of Yerkes Observatory ⓘ
founding director of Hale Solar Laboratory ⓘ
residence Pasadena ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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American Astronomical Society → foundedBy → George Ellery Hale ⓘ
The Astrophysical Journal → foundedBy → George Ellery Hale ⓘ
George Ellery Hale → fullName → George Ellery Hale self-link ⓘ
100-inch Hooker Telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory → usedBy → George Ellery Hale ⓘ
subject surface form: 100-inch Hooker Telescope
Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal → notableRecipient → George Ellery Hale ⓘ
Palomar Observatory → designedBy → George Ellery Hale ⓘ
Ellery → isMiddleNameOf → George Ellery Hale ⓘ
Hale → hasNotableBearer → George Ellery Hale ⓘ
spectroheliograph → developedBy → George Ellery Hale ⓘ
Hale crater on the Moon → namedAfter → George Ellery Hale ⓘ
subject surface form: Hale (lunar crater)
Hale crater on the Moon → hasEponym → George Ellery Hale ⓘ
subject surface form: Hale (lunar crater)
Hale crater on Mars → namedAfter → George Ellery Hale ⓘ
subject surface form: Hale crater
Mount Wilson Observatory → foundedBy → George Ellery Hale ⓘ
Mount Wilson Observatory → notableAstronomer → George Ellery Hale ⓘ
Hale Telescope → namedAfter → George Ellery Hale ⓘ
Hale Telescope → designedBy → George Ellery Hale ⓘ
George Ellery Hale Prize → namedAfter → George Ellery Hale ⓘ