William Wallace Campbell
American astronomer
William Wallace Campbell was an American astronomer, and director of Lick Observatory from 1901 to 1930. He specialized in spectroscopy. He was the tenth president of the University of California from 1923 to 1930. Wikipedia
Born: April 11, 1862, Hancock County, OH
Died: June 14, 1938 (age 76 years), San Francisco, CA
Children: Douglas Campbell
Books: The Mills Spectrograph of the Lick Observatory: Some Stars with Great Velocities in the Line of Sight. The Variable Velocity of N Pegasi in the Line of Sight, Biographical Memoir of Edward Singleton Holden, 1846-1914: National Academy of Sciences, Biographical Memoirs, V8, The Evolution of the Stars and the Formation of the Earth, and more
Partner: Elizabeth Ballard Campbell