Edwin Brant Frost

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Edwin Brant Frost II
Brattleboro, Vermont
DiedMay 14, 1935(1935-05-14) (aged 68)
Chicago, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Alma materDartmouth
Scientific career
Fieldsastronomy

Edwin Brant Frost II (July 14, 1866 – May 14, 1935) was an American astronomer.

Biography

He was born in

Dartmouth Medical School.[2]

Frost graduated from

Potsdam. He returned to Dartmouth
in 1892 as an assistant professor of astronomy.

He was fond of the outdoors and enjoyed golf, swimming, and ice skating. He also enjoyed music and literature.[3] In 1896 he married Mary E. Hazard. They had three children, Katharine, Frederick, and Benjamin.[1]

Frost joined the staff of

Astrophysical Journal, from 1902 to 1932, and was known for his careful attention to details.[3] In 1915 he lost the use of his right eye and in 1921, his left.[1]
Despite his blindness he continued working for eleven more years until his retirement in 1932.

Frost was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1908, the American Philosophical Society in 1909, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1913.[4][5][6]

He died in 1935 in Chicago from peritonitis.[7]

Legacy

Frost's research focused on the determination of

spectroscopic binaries.[3] In 1902, he discovered the strange behavior of Beta Cephei, which later became the prototype for Beta Cephei variable stars.[1]

He played a significant role in bringing

Russian Revolution. He later supported the appointment of Struve as his successor as director of Yerkes Observatory.[citation needed
]

Asteroid 854 Frostia is named in his honor, as is the lunar crater Frost, on the far side of the Moon.

References

  1. ^
    National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
    .
  2. ^ Blough, Barbara; Dana Cook Grossman. "Two Hundred Years of Medicine at Dartmouth". Dartmouth Medical School. Archived from the original on 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
  3. ^
    doi:10.1086/143695
    .
  4. ^ "Edwin Frost". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  5. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  6. ^ "Edwin Brant Frost". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  7. Milwaukee Sentinel
    . May 15, 1935.
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