Lawrence Hugh Aller

Background

He was born in Tacoma, Washington.

Education

He never finished high school and worked for a time as a gold miner. There he obtained his master"s degree in 1938 and his Doctor of Philosophy in 1943.

Career

He received his bachelor"s degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1936 and went to graduate school at Harvard in 1937. From 1943 to 1945 he worked on the Manhattan Project at the University of California Radiation Laboratory. He was an assistant professor at Indiana University from 1945 to 1948 and then an associate professor and professor at the University of Michigan until 1962.

He moved to University of California, Los Angeles in 1962 and helped build its astronomy department.

He was chair of the department from 1963 to 1968. His work concentrated on the chemical composition of stars and nebulae.

He was one of the first astronomers to argue that some differences in stellar and nebular spectra were caused by differences in their chemical composition. Aller wrote a number of books, including Atoms, Stars, and Nebulae, the third edition of which was published in 1991 ().

He published 346 research papers between 1935 and 2004.

He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1961 and to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1962.

Achievements

• He won the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship in 1992.

Works

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  • The Abundance Of The Elements

    (This book was originally published prior to 1923, and rep...)

  • Atoms, Stars, and Nebulae

    (In a nontechnical fashion, this book tells the story of h...)

  • Atoms, Stars and Nebulae

    (This is a new release of the original 1945 edition.)

  • Astrophysics: Atmospheres of the Sun and Stars

    (Book by Aller, Lawrence H.)

  • Atoms Stars and Nebulae, The Harvard Books On Astronomy

    (Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)

  • The Harvard Books on Astronomy: Atoms, Stars, and Nebulae

    (Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)

  • Atoms, Stars, and Nebulae (Harvard Books on Astronomy)
  • The International Astrophysics Series Volume Three: Gaseous Nebulae
  • Astrophysics; the atmospheres of the sun and stars
  • Atoms, Stars, and Nebulae
  • Atoms, Stars, and Nebulae by Lawrence H. Aller (1991-08-30)
  • Astrophysics - Atmospheres Of The Sun And Stars - Second Edition
  • Atoms, Stars, and Nebulae 3rd edition by Aller, Lawrence H. (1991) Paperback
  • Gaseous nebulae (The International astrophysics series)

Membership

National Academy of Sciences. American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Connections

Father:

Leslie E. Aller

Mother:

Lena Belle (Davis) Aller

Spouse:

Rosalind Duncan Hall

child:

Gwendolyn Jean Aller

child:

Raymond Donald Aller

child:

Hugh Duncan Aller