Kevin Burns

Background

Burns, Kevin was born on March 1, 1881 in Pleasant Ridge, N. B., Canada. Son of John and Gertrude (Campbell) Burns.

Education

Brought to the United States, 1885. Bachelor of Arts, University of Minnesota, 1903, Doctor of Philosophy, 1910. Studied in Europe, 1911, 12.

Honorary Doctor of Science, Saint Bonaventure College, 1947.

Career

1 son, Kevin; married second, Ruth Buchanan, 1926 (deceased 1957). Children—John Buchanan, George Campbell. Assistant at Lick Observatory, California, 1904-1907, University of Minnesota, 1907-1910.

Martin Kellogg fellow, Lick Observatory, residence in Europe, 1911-1912.

Assistant physicist, bureau of Standards, Washington, 1913-1917, associate, 1917, physicist, 1917-1919. Astronomer, Allegheny Observatory, Pittsburgh, 1920-1951, assistant director, 1930-1951.

Achievements

• Kevin Burns has been listed as a noteworthy physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Sigma Xi, Philosophical Society Washington, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Associate of Applied Science (treasurer 1941-1947), International Astronomical Union, Unitarian. Has specialized in spectroscopy, pioneer in spectrochemical analysis.

Connections

Married Hazel Bunney, 1911 (died 1917). Married second, Ruth Buchanan, 1926 (deceased. Children: John Buchanan, George Campbell.

Father:

John Burns

Mother:

Gertrude (Campbell) Burns

Spouse:

Hazel Bunney

Spouse:

Ruth Buchanan

child:

George Campbell Burns

child:

John Buchanan Burns