Solon Irving Bailey

Solon Irving Bailey (December 29 1854–June 5 1931) was an American astronomer.

He joined the staff of Harvard College Observatory in 1887.

After the observatory received the "Boyden Fund" bequest from the will of Uriah A. Boyden, Bailey played a major role in finding a site for "Boyden Station" in Arequipa, Peru, and was in charge of it from 1892 to 1919. He was also one of the first to carry out meteorological studies in Peru, traveling extensively in desolate areas at very high altitude. Boyden Station was moved to South Africa in 1927 due to better weather conditions and became known as the Boyden Observatory.

He made extensive studies of variable stars in globular clusters in the southern skies. He also measured the period of the light curve of 433 Eros during its 1903 opposition with great accuracy.

He was acting director of Harvard College Observatory from 1919 to 1921 after the death of Edward Charles Pickering and prior to the appointment of Harlow Shapley.

He discovered one asteroid: 504 Cora.

External links

* [http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/23907 Harvard in Peru, Part I]
* [http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/14564 Harvard in Peru, Part II]
* [http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/14640 Harvard in Peru, Part III]

Obituaries

* [http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/JRASC/0025//0000266.000.html JRASC 25 (1931) 266] (one sentence)
* [http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/MNRAS/0092//0000263.000.html MNRAS 92 (1932) 263]
* [http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/PASP./0043//0000317.000.html PASP 43 (1931) 317]

Further reading

* cite encyclopedia
last = Dieke
first = Sally
title = Bailey, Solon Irving
encyclopedia = Dictionary of Scientific Biography
volume = 1
pages = 397-398
publisher = Charles Scribner's Sons
location = New York
date = 1970
isbn = 0684101149

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NAME= Bailey, Solon Irving
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DATE OF BIRTH= 1854-12-29
PLACE OF BIRTH= Lisbon, New Hampshire
DATE OF DEATH= 1931-06-05
PLACE OF DEATH= Boston, Massachusetts