Charles Augustus Young

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Charles Augustus Young was a prominent 19th-century American astronomer known for his pioneering work on solar spectroscopy and the study of the solar corona.

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instanceOf American astronomer
astronomer
human
academicDegree A.B. from Dartmouth College
awardReceived Lalande Prize
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1834-12-15
dateOfDeath 1908-01-03
describedBySource 19th-century astronomical literature
obituaries in scientific journals
educatedAt Dartmouth College
employer Dartmouth College
Princeton University
era 19th century
familyName Young
fieldOfWork astronomy
astrophysics
solar physics
spectroscopy
givenName Charles
hasAcademicDiscipline astronomy
physics
hasInfluenced development of solar physics
knownFor observations of solar eclipses
solar spectroscopy
studies of solar prominences
study of the solar corona
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Philosophical Society
National Academy of Sciences
middleName Augustus
nativeLanguage English
notableAchievement early use of spectroscopy to study the solar chromosphere
measurements of solar rotation using spectral lines
spectroscopic observations of coronal emission lines
notableWork General Astronomy (textbook)
Manual of Astronomy (textbook)
The Sun (book)
occupation university teacher
participatedIn solar eclipse expeditions
placeOfBirth Hanover, New Hampshire
placeOfDeath Hanover, New Hampshire
positionHeld professor of astronomy at Princeton University
professor of natural philosophy at Dartmouth College
sexOrGender male
workLocation Hanover, New Hampshire
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
surface form: Princeton, New Jersey

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