William Michael Herbert Greaves
William Michael Herbert Greaves | |
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| Born | 10 September 1897 |
| Died | 24 December 1955 (aged 58) |
| Alma mater | FREng[2] (2013) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | astronomy |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
William Michael Herbert Greaves
He is most noted for his work on stellar spectrophotometry.Life
He was born in
Career
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1921.
From 1924 until 1938 he was the chief assistant at the
He remained Astronomer Royal until 1955, and was Regius Professor of Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh for the same period. In 1943 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.[1] From 1947 until 1949 he was president of the Royal Astronomical Society.[3]
He died in the Blackford district of Edinburgh on 24 December 1955.
Family
In 1926 he married Caroline Grace Kitto, and the couple had a son, George Richard Herbert Greaves (1941-2008) who became Reader in Mathematics at Cardiff University.
Awards and honors
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- Tyson Gold Medal for Astronomy.
- Awarded Smith's prizein 1921.
- The crater Greaves on the Moon is named after him.
References
- ^ S2CID 120192220.
- ^ a b "List of Fellows".
- ^ . Obituary notice.
- Bibcode:1956JBAA...66..172.
- ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
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