Seares, Frederick Hanley, 1873-
Frederick Hanley Seares papers, 1909-1945.
Correspondence, manuscripts, and working papers from Seares's period as astronomer and Assistant Director at Mount Wilson Observatory (1909-1945). Much of the material deals with Seares's work in photographic photometry, including extensive correspondence with Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn, Pieter Johannes van Rhijn, Frank Elmore Ross, Edward Charles Pickering, and members of the International Astronomical Union. There are also a large number of letters from women applying to be computers at the Observatory.
American astronomer (1873-1964). B.S., University of California. Frederick Seares taught and researched comets and variable stars at the University of Missouri in Columbia, where astronomer Harlow Shapley studied under him. In 1909, Seares joined the Mount Wilson Observatory, where he remained for 36 years, 15 of them as Assistant Director. Seares also served as president of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1929) and won the Catherine Wolfe Bruce Medal for contributions in astronomy (1940).
Kapteyn, J. C. (Jacobus Cornelius), 1851-1922.
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919.
Rhijn, P. J. van (Pieter Johannes), 1886-
Ross, Frank E. (Frank Elmore), 1874-1960.
Seares, Frederick Hanley, 1873-
International Astronomical Union.
Mount Wilson Observatory -- Administration.
Mount Wilson Observatory -- Employees.
Astronomers.
Astronomical observatories -- Documentation.
Astronomy.
Photometry.
Stars -- Research.
Women in astronomy.
Women in science
Correspondence. aat
Astronomers. lcsh
Kapteyn, J. C. (Jacobus Cornelius), 1851-1922.
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919.
Rhijn, P. J. van (Pieter Johannes), 1886-
Ross, Frank E. (Frank Elmore), 1874-1960.
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