Doctor Charles Greeley Abbot

Astrophysicist
Born
31 May 1872, Wilton (New Hampshire), USA
Died
17 December 1973, Riverdale Park (Maryland), USA
Sex
Male
Father
Harris Abbot (farmer)
Mother
Caroline Ann Greeley
Married (1) Lillian Elvira Moore; (2) Virginia Andes Johnston

Degrees

1914Doctor of ScienceThe University of Melbourne

Career

  • MS MIT 1895.
  • Astrophysicist.
  • Dir, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
  • Sec, Smithsonian Institution.

Sources

Notes

Died aged 101.
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