Frank K. Edmondson
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Frank K. Edmondson | |
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
Died | December 8, 2008 | (aged 96)
Alma mater |
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Known for | Indiana Asteroid Program |
Spouse |
Emma Margaret Russell
(m. 1934; died 1999) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy |
Institutions | |
Thesis | The Absorption of Light in the Galaxy (1937) |
Doctoral advisor | Bart Bok |
Frank Kelley Edmondson (August 1, 1912 – December 8, 2008) was an American astronomer.
Life and career
Edmondson was born in
An early accomplishment of Edmondson's was the creation of the Indiana Asteroid Program, a photographic program to locate asteroids that were "lost" when systematic observations were interrupted by World War II. He also negotiated the donation of the privately owned Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana to Indiana University. Nearly 7000 photographic plates for asteroid orbit studies were taken with a 10-inch astrographic camera at the Goethe Link Observatory. These plates are now archived at Lowell Observatory.
In addition to pursuing studies in
After his retirement from Indiana University in 1983, Edmondson devoted himself to compiling histories of AURA and the Indiana University astronomy department. The asteroid 1761 Edmondson is named for him.
Personal life
In 1934, Edmondson married Emma Margaret Russell (1914–1999), the youngest daughter of astronomer Henry Norris Russell. Their children are Margaret Edmondson Olson, married to astronomer Edward Olson, and Frank Edmondson, Jr.[1]
Book
- AURA and its US National Observatories, Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-521-55345-8
References
- ^ Children's names Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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- Frank K. Edmondson 90th Birthday Biography, Indiana University Department of Astronomy at the Wayback Machine (archived September 5, 2007)
- Frank K. Edmondson Homepage, Indiana University Department of Astronomy at the Wayback Machine (archived March 13, 2007)
- AIP History Newsletter Volume XXXII, o. 2, Fall 2000
- Indiana University Astronomy Image Gallery: Frank K. Edmondson's Memorial Service, Jan. 24, 2009
Oral histories
- Oral history interview transcript with Frank K. Edmondson on 21 April 1977, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives - Session I
- Oral history interview transcript with Frank K. Edmonson on 2 February 1978, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives - Session II
- Oral history interview transcript with Margaret Russell Edmondson on 21 April 1977, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives
- International Catalog of Sources: Oral history interview with Frank K. Edmondson, 21 April 1977 and 2 February 1978 (description).