William Henry Pickering
American astronomer
William Henry Pickering was an American astronomer. Pickering constructed and established several observatories or astronomical observation stations, notably including Percival Lowell's Flagstaff Observatory. Wikipedia
Born: February 15, 1858, Boston, MA
Died: January 17, 1938 (age 79 years), Mandeville, Jamaica
Discovered: Phoebe
Siblings: Edward Charles Pickering
Awards: Lalande Prize (1905) and Prix Jules Janssen (1909)
Books
Researches of the Boyden Department
1908
Guide to the Mt. Washington Range
1882
Visual Observations of the Moon and Planets
1900
A Photographic Atlas of the Moon
1903
Methods of Determining the Speed of Photographic Exposers: Principles Involved in the Construction of Photographic Exposers : Description of Plates Illustrating Work Done with a Rapid Exposer
1885
A Statistical Investigation of Cometray Orbits
1911