Background
Russell, Henry Norris was born on October 25, 1877 in Oyster Bay, New York, United States. Son of Alexander Gatherer and Eliza Hoxie (Norris) Russell.
Russell, Henry Norris was born on October 25, 1877 in Oyster Bay, New York, United States. Son of Alexander Gatherer and Eliza Hoxie (Norris) Russell.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1897, A.M., 1898, Doctor of Philosophy., 1899. Research student, King’s College, Cambridge U., England, 1902-1903. Docteur, Lauvain, 1927.
Honorary Doctor of Science, Dartmouth, 1923, Harvard, 1929, University of Chicago, 1941, Michoacau, Mexico, 1942, Yale, 1951, Princeton, 1954.
Research assistant Carnegie Institution, Washington, stationed at Cambridge, England, 1903-1905. Instructor astronomy Princeton, 1905-1908, assistant professor, 1908-1911, professor 1911-1927, director of observatory 1912-1947, research professor 1927-1947, emeritus 1947. Research associate Harvard College Observatory, 1947-1952, Mount Wilson Observatory, 1922-1942.
Engineer Aircraft Service United States Army, 1918.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (president 1933). Member National Academy Sciences, American Philosophical Society (president 1931-1932), American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Astronomical Society (president 1934-1937), American Physical Society. Member Royal Society, 1937.
Married Lucy May Cole, November 24, 1908. Children: Lucy May, Elizabeth Hoxie, Henry Norris, Emma Margaret.