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John Stanley Plaskett

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225: 31: 186:, constructing apparatus and assisting with demonstrations during lectures. He found this so interesting that at the age of 30 he enrolled as an undergraduate in mathematics and physics. He stayed at the university until 1903, doing research on color photography. 811: 623: 224: 806: 816: 831: 205:, and performed the first detailed analysis of galactic structure. His mechanical background was very useful for constructing various instruments. He became first director of the 826: 404: 801: 821: 270: 246: 155: 791: 696: 292: 666: 593: 796: 537: 567: 563: 253: 206: 139: 503: 311: 710: 476: 54: 597: 533: 356: 298: 159: 80: 649: 507: 210: 229: 674: 249:
in 1963, thereby making the Plasketts one of the very few families to boast more than one Medal winner.
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An authoritative biography of JS Plaskett was published in 2018, coinciding with the centennial of the
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His formal astronomical career did not start until 1903, when he was appointed to the staff at
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Plaskett at the Fourth Conference International Union for Cooperation in Solar Research at
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He worked as a machinist, and was offered a job as a mechanician at the Department of
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Rice, Hugh S. (1976). "Plaskett, John Stanley". In William D. Halsey (ed.).
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Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
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NRC-HIA Plaskett Fellowship / Bourse Plaskett de l'IHA-CNRC
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Canadian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
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Plaskett Place (street on which he built his home, in
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Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Plaskett) 293:National Academy of Sciences 478:Northern Star:J.S. Plaskett 357:Esquimalt, British Columbia 324:NRC-HIA Plaskett Fellowship 81:Esquimalt, British Columbia 848: 508:Royal Astronomical Society 211:Victoria, British Columbia 145: 118: 28: 230:Mount Wilson Observatory 419:10.1098/rsbm.1942.0007 382:Collier's Encyclopedia 233: 203:spectroscopic binaries 671:geonames2.nrcan.gc.ca 243:Harry Hemley Plaskett 227: 184:University of Toronto 152:John Stanley Plaskett 23:John Stanley Plaskett 628:search.amphilsoc.org 624:"APS Member History" 594:"Henry Draper Medal" 544:on 27 September 2012 215:Dominion Observatory 191:Dominion Observatory 463:1963QJRAS...4..176. 16:Canadian astronomer 652:2008-06-23 at the 604:on 26 January 2013 434:The Globe and Mail 340:the Plaskett Medal 289:Henry Draper Medal 234: 432:"Died this day", 237:Family and legacy 199:radial velocities 149: 148: 120:Scientific career 44:November 17, 1865 839: 726: 725: 723: 722: 713:. 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Index


Hickson
Canada West
Esquimalt, British Columbia
Canadian
Bruce Medal
Flavelle Medal
Astronomy
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
CBE
FRS
Canadian
astronomer
Physics
University of Toronto
Dominion Observatory
Ottawa, Ontario
radial velocities
spectroscopic binaries
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
Victoria, British Columbia
Dominion Observatory
Ottawa

Mount Wilson Observatory
Harry Hemley Plaskett
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rumford Prize

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