38:
577:
607:
412:
612:
617:
283:
140:
279:
135:
508:
212:. It only took him 6 months to start with observations from this new site, and he recorded a large series of radial velocity measurements of
364:
221:
578:
Portraits of
William Hammond Wright from the Lick Observatory Records Digital Archive, UC Santa Cruz Library's Digital Collections
461:
20:
271:
602:
440:
267:
465:
260:
201:
58:
240:
197:
95:
288:
217:
388:
298:
200:, he became Assistant Astronomer at Lick Observatory. From 1903 to 1906 he worked on establishing the "
37:
597:
592:
335:
76:
436:
205:
216:
in the southern sky. In 1908 he was promoted to
Astronomer. From 1918 to 1919 he was stationed at
275:
225:
130:
554:
International
Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
529:
International
Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
504:
209:
496:
343:
186:
166:
319:
550:"Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature – Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Wright on Moon"
525:"Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature – Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Wright on Mars"
339:
586:
469:
193:
500:
236:
549:
524:
228:. He then returned to the Lick Observatory and worked there until his retirement.
293:
256:
182:
248:
232:
348:
323:
231:
He is most famous for his work on radial velocity of stars in our
252:
244:
213:
608:
Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal
Astronomical Society
462:"Winners of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society"
613:
Members of the United States
National Academy of Sciences
181:(November 4, 1871 – May 16, 1959) was an American
328:
162:
154:
126:
109:
101:
91:
83:
65:
44:
28:
493:Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1747) Wright
251:. In 1924 he made photographic observations of
618:Members of the American Philosophical Society
8:
284:Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
259:. From these pictures he concluded that its
141:Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
495:. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 139.
491:Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). "(1747) Wright".
235:, and his work with his own version of the
19:For other people named William Wright, see
36:
25:
347:
266:Wright was elected to the United States
239:that he designed himself. He obtained a
311:
263:was about 60 miles (100 km) deep.
296:are named after him. The lunar crater
274:in 1935. In 1928 Wright received the
7:
196:. After graduating in 1893 from the
324:"William Hammond Wright, 1871-1959"
365:"William Hammon Wright, 1871–1959"
14:
21:William Wright (disambiguation)
501:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1748
272:American Philosophical Society
1:
370:. National Academy of Science
116:Selden Stuart Wright (father)
441:National Academy of Sciences
280:National Academy of Sciences
268:National Academy of Sciences
302:is co-named in his honour.
634:
466:Royal Astronomical Society
18:
172:
147:
59:San Francisco, California
35:
204:" of the observatory at
198:University of California
185:and the director of the
96:University of California
218:Aberdeen Proving Ground
189:from 1935 until 1942.
179:William Hammond Wright
30:William Hammond Wright
363:Shane, C. D. (1979).
292:and the minor planet
286:. The Martian crater
603:American astronomers
437:"Henry Draper Medal"
417:search.amphilsoc.org
413:"APS Member History"
119:Joanna Shaw (mother)
77:San Jose, California
389:"William H. Wright"
340:1959PASP...71..305M
206:Cerro San Cristobal
192:Wright was born in
105:Elna Leib (m. 1901)
16:American astronomer
282:, and in 1938 the
276:Henry Draper Medal
226:United States Army
131:Henry Draper Medal
510:978-3-540-29925-7
393:www.nasonline.org
210:Santiago de Chile
176:
175:
149:Scientific career
625:
565:
564:
562:
560:
546:
540:
539:
537:
535:
521:
515:
514:
488:
482:
481:
479:
477:
468:. Archived from
458:
452:
451:
449:
447:
433:
427:
426:
424:
423:
409:
403:
402:
400:
399:
385:
379:
378:
376:
375:
369:
360:
354:
353:
351:
320:Merrill, Paul W.
316:
270:in 1922 and the
220:working for the
202:Southern station
187:Lick Observatory
167:Lick Observatory
72:
55:November 4, 1871
54:
52:
40:
26:
633:
632:
628:
627:
626:
624:
623:
622:
583:
582:
574:
569:
568:
558:
556:
548:
547:
543:
533:
531:
523:
522:
518:
511:
490:
489:
485:
475:
473:
460:
459:
455:
445:
443:
435:
434:
430:
421:
419:
411:
410:
406:
397:
395:
387:
386:
382:
373:
371:
367:
362:
361:
357:
322:(August 1959).
318:
317:
313:
308:
224:section of the
139:
134:
122:
92:Alma mater
79:
74:
70:
61:
56:
50:
48:
31:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
631:
629:
621:
620:
615:
610:
605:
600:
595:
585:
584:
581:
580:
573:
572:External links
570:
567:
566:
541:
516:
509:
483:
472:on 25 May 2011
453:
428:
404:
380:
355:
349:10.1086/127385
310:
309:
307:
304:
174:
173:
170:
169:
164:
160:
159:
156:
152:
151:
145:
144:
128:
124:
123:
121:
120:
117:
113:
111:
107:
106:
103:
99:
98:
93:
89:
88:
85:
81:
80:
75:
73:(aged 87)
67:
63:
62:
57:
46:
42:
41:
33:
32:
29:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
630:
619:
616:
614:
611:
609:
606:
604:
601:
599:
596:
594:
591:
590:
588:
579:
576:
575:
571:
555:
551:
545:
542:
530:
526:
520:
517:
512:
506:
502:
498:
494:
487:
484:
471:
467:
463:
457:
454:
442:
438:
432:
429:
418:
414:
408:
405:
394:
390:
384:
381:
366:
359:
356:
350:
345:
341:
337:
333:
329:
325:
321:
315:
312:
305:
303:
301:
300:
295:
291:
290:
285:
281:
277:
273:
269:
264:
262:
258:
254:
250:
246:
242:
238:
234:
229:
227:
223:
219:
215:
211:
207:
203:
199:
195:
194:San Francisco
190:
188:
184:
180:
171:
168:
165:
161:
157:
153:
150:
146:
142:
137:
136:Janssen Medal
132:
129:
125:
118:
115:
114:
112:
108:
104:
100:
97:
94:
90:
86:
82:
78:
68:
64:
60:
47:
43:
39:
34:
27:
22:
559:November 18,
557:. Retrieved
553:
544:
534:November 18,
532:. Retrieved
528:
519:
492:
486:
474:. Retrieved
470:the original
456:
444:. Retrieved
431:
420:. Retrieved
416:
407:
396:. Retrieved
392:
383:
372:. Retrieved
358:
334:(421): 305.
331:
327:
314:
297:
287:
265:
257:wave lengths
255:in multiple
237:spectrograph
230:
191:
178:
177:
163:Institutions
148:
71:(1959-05-16)
69:May 16, 1959
598:1959 deaths
593:1871 births
476:19 February
446:19 February
294:1747 Wright
87:B.S. (1893)
587:Categories
422:2023-06-05
398:2023-06-05
374:2023-01-20
306:References
261:atmosphere
183:astronomer
51:1871-11-04
278:from the
158:Astronomy
84:Education
222:ordnance
336:Bibcode
249:nebulae
241:spectra
110:Parents
507:
299:Wright
289:Wright
233:galaxy
155:Fields
143:(1938)
138:(1928)
133:(1928)
127:Awards
102:Spouse
368:(PDF)
245:novas
214:stars
208:near
561:2015
536:2015
505:ISBN
478:2011
448:2011
253:Mars
247:and
66:Died
45:Born
497:doi
344:doi
243:of
589::
552:.
527:.
503:.
464:.
439:.
415:.
391:.
342:.
332:71
330:.
326:.
563:.
538:.
513:.
499::
480:.
450:.
425:.
401:.
377:.
352:.
346::
338::
53:)
49:(
23:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
