Background
Moore, Joseph Haines was born on September 7, 1878 in Wilmington, Ohio, United States. Son of John Haines and Mary A. (Haines) Moore.
Moore, Joseph Haines was born on September 7, 1878 in Wilmington, Ohio, United States. Son of John Haines and Mary A. (Haines) Moore.
Bachelor of Arts, Wilmington College, 1897. Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1903.
Assistant, 1903-1906, assistant astronomer, 1906-1909, Lick Observatory. Acting astronomer in charge of the Doctorate. O. Mills Expedition to Chile, 1909-1913. Assistant astronomer, 1913, associate astronomer, 1918-1923, astronomer since 1923, assistant director, 1936-1942, director, 1942-1946, Lick Observatory.
Member five Lick Observatory Eclipse Expeditions, 1918-1932.
Member Society of Friends (Quaker). Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice-president and chairman of the section Doctorate, 1931), Royal Astronomical Society, California Academy Science. Member National Academy Science, American Astronomical Society (vice president 1942), Astronomical Society Pacific (president 1920 and 28).
Member committee 30, International Astronomical Union.
Married Fredrica Chase (Bachelor of Arts, Vassar, 1904), June 12, 1907. Children: Mary Kathryn, Margaret Elizabeth.