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.

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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 University ⓘ surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
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 College Observatory ⓘ surface form: Harvard Annals (observatory publications) Harvard spectral classification of stars ⓘ Henry Draper Catalogue ⓘ Harvard spectral classification of stars ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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American Astronomical Society → foundedBy → Edward Charles Pickering ⓘ

The Astrophysical Journal → foundedBy → Edward Charles Pickering ⓘ

Edward Charles Pickering → name → Edward Charles Pickering self-link ⓘ

Harvard College Observatory → notablePerson → Edward Charles Pickering ⓘ

Pickering → hasNotableSurnameBearer → Edward Charles Pickering ⓘ

Harvard spectral classification of stars → developedBy → Edward Charles Pickering ⓘ

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Henry Draper Catalogue → compiledBy → Edward Charles Pickering ⓘ

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William Henry Pickering → sibling → Edward Charles Pickering ⓘ

Rumford professorship at Harvard University → hasNotableHolder → Edward Charles Pickering ⓘ

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