Francis Preserved Leavenworth (September 3, 1858 in Mount Vernon, Indiana – November 12, 1928;[1] a.k.a. Frank Leavenworth) was an American astronomer. He discovered many New General Catalogue objects together with Frank Muller and Ormond Stone. They used a telescope with a 66-cm aperture at the Leander McCormick Observatory at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.[2]
He became a member of the Camden Astronomical Society shortly after its founding in 1888.[3]
In 1909 he joined Frederick C. Leonard's Society for Practical Astronomy.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Francis P. Leavenworth". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 89 (4): 312–313. 1929-02-08. Bibcode:1929MNRAS..89..312.. doi:10.1093/mnras/89.4.312. ISSN 0035-8711.
- ^ Beal, William O. (March 1929). "Francis Preserved Leavenworth". Popular Astronomy. 37: 117. Bibcode:1929PA.....37..117B.
- ^ Billings, Cecil M. (14 Nov 1959). "A History o f the Society from 1888 – 1960" (PDF). The Rittenhouse Astronomical Society. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ Osborn, Stanley R. (July 9, 1911). "This School Boy Astronomer, Still in His Teens, Attracts Attention of Scientific Star Gazers". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. E1. ProQuest 173552455.
External links
edit- Steinicke, Wolfgang. "Francis Preserved Leavanworth, Photos and Objects found". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- Publications by F. P. Leavenworth in the Astrophysics Data System