- Frank Schlesinger
Infobox Scientist
name = Frank Schlesinger
box_width =
image_width =150px
caption = Frank Schlesinger
birth_date =May 11 1871
birth_place =
death_date =July 10 1943
death_place =
residence =
citizenship =
nationality = American
ethnicity =
field =astronomy
work_institutions =Yerkes Observatory
alma_mater =
doctoral_advisor =
doctoral_students =
known_for =Yale Bright Star Catalogue
author_abbrev_bot =
author_abbrev_zoo =
influences =
influenced =
prizes =Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1927)Bruce Medal (1929)
religion =
footnotes =
Frank Schlesinger (May 11 1871 –July 10 1943 ) was an Americanastronomer .He worked at
Yerkes Observatory and pioneered the use of photographic methods to determine stellarparallax es. He was director ofAllegheny Observatory from 1905 to 1920 andYale University Observatory from 1920 to 1941.He made major contributions to
astrometry . He compiled and published theYale Bright Star Catalogue .Asked how to say his name, he told "The
Literary Digest " "The name is so difficult for those who do not speak German that I am usually called "sles'in-jer", to rime with "messenger". It is, of course, of German origin and means 'a native of Schlesien' or Silesia. In that language the pronunciation is "shlayzinger", to rime with "singer"." (Charles Earle Funk, "What's the Name, Please?", Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.)Awards and honors
*
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1927)
*Bruce Medal (1929)
*Schlesinger crater on theMoon was named after him, as was theasteroid 1770 Schlesinger .
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
