Lawrence Hugh Aller

Background

Aller, Lawrence Hugh was born on September 24, 1913 in Tacoma, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Leslie E. and Lena Belle (Davis) Aller.

Education

Bachelor of Arts California, Berkeley, 1936. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1943.

Career

Instructor physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1942-1943; research physicist radiation laboratory, U. California, Berkeley, 1943-1945; assistant professor astronomy, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1945-1948; associate professor astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1948-1954; professor astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1954-1962; professor astronomy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1962-1984; professor emeritus, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1984; visiting professor, U. Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 1969; visiting professor, U. Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 1977-1978; visiting professor, Australian National U., Canberra, 1960-1961; visiting professor, U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1961-1962; visiting professor, U. Sydney, New South Wales., Australia, 1968; guest investigator radiophysics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Epping, New South Wales., Australia, 1968, 69, 77; visiting lecturer, Raman Institute, Bangalore, India, 1978; visiting lecturer, School Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy, 1981; guest investigator, Mount Wilson Observatory, Pasadena, California, 1949-1982.

Achievements

• Lawrence Hugh Aller has been listed as a noteworthy Astronomy educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • 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...)

  • Astrophysics - Atmospheres Of The Sun And Stars - Second Edition
  • Gaseous nebulae (The International astrophysics series)
  • Atoms, Stars, and Nebulae
  • Astrophysics: Nuclear transformations, stellar interiors, and nebulae
  • The abundances of the elements in G-type subdwarfs, (The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series)
  • Abundances of elements in stars and nebulae
  • Atoms, Stars, and Nebulae (Harvard Books on Astronomy)
  • Atoms, Stars, and Nebulae by Lawrence H. Aller (1991-08-30)
  • Astrophysics; the atmospheres of the sun and stars
  • The International Astrophysics Series Volume Three: Gaseous Nebulae
  • Atoms, Stars, and Nebulae;
  • Atoms, Stars, and Nebulae 3rd edition by Aller, Lawrence H. (1991) Paperback
  • The Abundance of the Elements, Volume 7, (Interscience Monographs and Texts in Physics and Astronomy)

• Other Work

  • Atoms, Stars and Nebulae (with Leo Goldberg) 1942 and 1971 (sole author), Atmospheres of Sun and Stars 1953, 1963, Nuclear Transformations, Stellar Interiors and Nebulae 1954, Gaseous Nebulae 1956, Abundance of Elements 1961. Atmospheres of the Stars and Suns 1963, Physics of Thermal Gaseous Nebulae 1984.

Membership

Member American Astronomical Society (councillor 1953-1956), International Astronomical Union (president stellar-spectroscopy group 1959-1964), Astronomical Society of Pacific (board directors 1974-1977), American Academy Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences Lodges: Masons.

Interests

• Avocations: travel; photography.

Connections

Married Rosalind Duncan Hall. Children— Hugh Duncan, Raymond Donald, Gwendolyn Jean.

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