Edward Charles Pickering

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academic astronomer human observatory director

Edward Charles Pickering was a pioneering American astronomer and longtime director of the Harvard College Observatory, known for his major contributions to stellar spectroscopy and the classification of stars.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → astronomer → human → observatory director →
awardReceived	Bruce Medal → Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society → Henry Draper Medal →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
educatedAt	Harvard College →
employer	Harvard College Observatory → Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
familyName	Pickering →
fieldOfWork	astronomy → stellar classification → stellar spectroscopy →
givenName	Edward →
influenced	20th-century astrophysics → development of modern stellar classification systems →
influencedBy	Henry Draper →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Sciences →
middleName	Charles →
name	Edward Charles Pickering →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableAchievement	contributed to early understanding of variable stars → developed objective prism photographic spectroscopy for stellar surveys → oversaw creation of extensive stellar spectral libraries → pioneered large-scale use of women computers at Harvard Observatory →
notableStudent	Annie Jump Cannon → Antonia Maury → Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin → Henrietta Hill Swope → Henrietta Swan Leavitt → Williamina Fleming →
notableWork	Harvard Annals (observatory publications) → Harvard spectral classification of stars → Henry Draper Catalogue → Pickering–Fleming system of stellar classification → photographic stellar spectroscopy at Harvard →
occupation	astronomer → university teacher →
positionHeld	director of Harvard College Observatory →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Cambridge, Massachusetts → Harvard College Observatory →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
American Astronomical Society → The Astrophysical Journal →	foundedBy
Edward Charles Pickering →	name