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Charles Augustus Young | |
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| Born | (1834-12-15)December 15, 1834 |
| Died | January 3, 1908(1908-01-03) (aged 73) Hanover, New Hampshire |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
| Awards | Janssen Medal(1890)[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | astronomy |
| Institutions | Princeton University Western Reserve University |
| Doctoral students | Henry Norris Russell |
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Charles Augustus Young (December 15, 1834 – January 4, 1908) one of the foremostsolar spectroscopistastronomers in theUnited States. He observedsolar eclipses and worked onspectroscopy of theSun. He observed asolar flare with aspectroscope on 3 August 1872, and also noted that it coincided with amagnetic storm on Earth.
Young graduated fromDartmouth College in 1853. For two years, he taught classes atPhillips Academy inAndover,Massachusetts. The following year, he studied at the theological seminary in Andover, while also continuing to teach.
In 1857, he became the Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy atWestern Reserve College, now known asCase Western Reserve University, devoting nine years. Young's name is inscribed on theLoomis Observatory, which is the oldest observatory in theUnited States still remaining in its original location.[2]
In 1862, he served in the85th Regiment of Ohio during theCivil War.[3]
He was elected as a member to theAmerican Philosophical Society in 1874.[4]
in 1865, he became a professor at his alma mater, Dartmouth, remaining until 1877 when he went to teach atPrinceton University.
He was a successful educator who wrote a popular and widely used series ofastronomy textbooks, includingManual of Astronomy. In 1927, whenHenry Norris Russell,Raymond Smith Dugan andJohn Quincy Stewart wrote their own two-volume textbook, they entitled itAstronomy: A Revision of Young's Manual of Astronomy.
Young died of pneumonia after a brief illness, at his home inHanover,New Hampshire, on 4 January 1908.
Mount Young inSequoia National Park,California was named in his honor in 1909.[5]
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