Background
Wright, Helen was born on December 20, 1914 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Frederick E. and Kathleen E. (Finley) Wright.
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A reprint edition of a 1966 biography of foremost astronomer George Ellery Hale, who laid much of the foundation of modern astrophysics and observational cosmology. He's best known for the planning and building of the 200-inch Hale Telescope of the Palomar Mountain Observatory. This book features a new introduction by Allan Sandage and an index not included in the original work. Since the history of astrophysics is mostly undocumented, this work provides a rare look at Hale's scientific achievements: his invention of the spectroheliograph, his discovery of the magnetic nature of sunspots, and his legendary leadership in founding the Yerkes, Mount Wilson, and Palomar Mountain Observatories.
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Wright, Helen was born on December 20, 1914 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Frederick E. and Kathleen E. (Finley) Wright.
Graduate, Bennett Junior College, Millbrook, New York, 1934; Bachelor of Arts, Vassar College, 1937; Master of Arts, Vassar College, 1939; postgraduate, University of California.
Assistant astronomy department Vassar College, 1937-1939. Mount Wilson Observatory, 1937. Junior astronomer United States Naval Observatory, 1942-1943.
("Crammed with exciting facts about the history, compositi...)
(A reprint edition of a 1966 biography of foremost astrono...)
(This hardback book was published by Harper & Row in 1965)
(253 Pages)
Member International Astronomical Union, American Astronomical Society, History of Science Society F C.
Married John F. Hawkins, 1946 (divorced). Married René Greuter, 1967 (deceased 1979).