Background
Leonard, Frederick Charles was born on March 12, 1896 in Mount Vernon, Indiana, United States. Son of Mark Trafton and Mary Robinson (Sullivan) Leonard.
Leonard, Frederick Charles was born on March 12, 1896 in Mount Vernon, Indiana, United States. Son of Mark Trafton and Mary Robinson (Sullivan) Leonard.
Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1918, South.M. Entertainment, 1919. Doctor of Philisophy, University of California (Berkeley), 1921.
Fellow in astronomy, University of Chicago, 1918-1919, instructor mathematics, 1918. Teaching fellow astronomical, University of California, 1919-1920, fellow Lick Observatory, 1921. Instructor mathematics, University of California (Los Angeles), 1922, instructor astronomy, 1922-1927.
Assistant professor, 1927-1931, associate professor, 1931-1944, professor since 1944, organizer department of astronomy, 1931, department chairman, 1931-1939, 1940-1943, 45-46, 54, 1957-1959.
Summer faculty, University of California, 1930, University of British Columbia, 1937, 39, 41, University of New Mexico, 1947, 52, 54. Visiting astronomer Lick Observatory 1943-1944.
Special research on visual double stars and meteorites.
Fellow in astronomy, University of Chicago, 1918-1919, instructor mathematics, 1918. Fellow Royal Astronomical Society of England, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Meteoritical Society (organizer 1933, president 1933-1937, editor 1933-1959, councilor 1937-1941). Member American Astronomical Society Astron Society Pacific (board directors since 1959), British Astronomical Association, International Astronomical Union (commission on meteors, et cetera), Royal Astronomical Society Canada, American Meteor Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Rhoda Walton of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, July 4, 1942. Children: Roderick Walton, Frederick David.