Background
Bolton, Charles Thomas was born on April 15, 1943 in Camp Forrest, Tennessee, United States. Son of Clifford Theodore and Pauline Grace (Voris) Bolton.
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Charles Thomas Bolton
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Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois, 1966; Master of Science, University of Michigan, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1970.
Career
Assistant professor astronomy, U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1970-1971, 73-76; associate professor, U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1976-1980; professor, U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1980-1988; associate director, David Dunlap Observatory, Toronto, 1980-1994; instructor, Scarborough College, Toronto, 1971-1972; assistant professor, Erindale College, Toronto, 1972-1973. Consultant Dilworth, Secord and Meagher, Toronto, 1978, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington.
Achievements
Membership
Honorary director Please Help Ontario Turn on the Night, since 1995. Fellow Royal Society Canada (secretary mathematics and physical science division Academy II 1992-1994). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Astronomical Union, Canada Astronomical Society, American Astronomical Society, Royal Astronomical Society Canada (member light pollution committee since 1995), Astronomical Society Pacific, New York Academy Sciences, Canada Civil Liberties Association, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
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Married Mary Jean Harris, August 19, 1967 (divorced May 1977). Married Carolyn Susan Challenger, October 3, 1986.
