BARNARD, EDWARD EMERSON

1857–1923, American astronomer, b. Nashville, Tenn., grad. Vanderbilt Univ., 1887. From 1887 to 1895 he was astronomer at Lick Observatory in California, and from 1895 he was professor of practical astronomy at the Univ. of Chicago and astronomer at Yerkes Observatory. The discoverer of 16 comets, Jupiter's fifth satellite (1892), and Barnard's star (1916), he was given distinguished recognition by the Academy of Sciences of France and the Royal Astronomical Society of Great Britain. His photographs of comets, planets, nebulae, and the Milky Way are notable contributions to astronomy.

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books on: Barnard Edward Emerson  - 52 results

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The Emerson Brothers: A Fraternal Biography in Letters
Book by Ronald A. Bosco, Joel Myerson; Oxford University Press, 2006
Subjects: Authors, American--19th Century--Correspondence, Authors, American--19th Century--Family Relationships, Brothers--United States--Correspondence, Emerson Family, Emerson, Charles Chauncy--1808-1836, Emerson, Edward Bliss--1805-1834, Emerson, Ralph Waldo--1803-1882--Correspondence, Emerson, Ralph Waldo--1803-1882--Family, Emerson, William--1801-1868
...100. Aunt Mary Moody Emerson, $100. In our current account I am his debtor-Barnard, Adams, Co owe him...39) Ralph, Waldo Emerson to William Emerson, 23 October 1836 We...e. $50. loaned to Edward in 1826 $30.00 interest...
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The American Experience in Education
Book by John Barnard, David Burner; New Viewpoints, 1975
Subjects: Education--United States--History
...to 1861, The , 85 Edwards, Jonathan, 117 Eggleston, Edward, 147 Eliot, Thomas L., 151 - 53 , 161 - 62 Eliot School...171 Elmira College, 120 Elson, Ruth M., 47 - 58 Emerson, R. W., 121 ff. England, J. Merton, 47 England...
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The New Red Negro: The Literary Left and African American Poetry, 1930-1946
Book by James Edward Smethurst; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: African Americans In Literature, African Americans--Intellectual Life--20th Century, African Americans--Politics And Government, American Poetry--20th Century--History And Criticism, American Poetry--African American Authors--History And Criticism, Communism And Literature--United States--History--20th Century, Political Poetry, American--History And Criticism, Race Relations In Literature, Right And Left (Political Science) In Literature, United States--Race Relations
...Problems of Dostoevskys Poetics . Edited and translated by Caryl Emerson. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1984. Baraka...Langston Hughes . Chicago: American Library Association, 1977. Barnard Rita. The Great Depression and the Culture of Abundance...
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A Dictionary of Astronomy
Book by Ian Ridpath; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Astronomy--Dictionaries
...mathematician Peter Barlow 1776-1862 . Barnard, Edward Emerson 1857-1923 American astronomer...Orion, discovered by E. E. * Barnard. It is a semicircular arc, 14...discovered in 1916 by E. E. * Barnard, after whom the star is named...
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The Gay Nineties in America: A Cultural Dictionary of the 1890s
Book by Robert L. Gale; Greenwood Press, 1992
Subjects: Eighteen Nineties--Dictionaries, United States--Civilization--1865-1918--Dictionaries
...23 , 126 , 127 Barber, Charles Edward, 23 - 24 , 67 Bar Harbor Crawford , 82 Barker, Wharton, 282 Barnard, Edward Emerson, 15 - 16 Barr, Robert, 78...27 - 28 , 196 , 376 Bellamy, Edward, 12 , 28 , 35 , 47 , 97 , 104...
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journal articles on: Barnard Edward Emerson  - 18 results

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The Smithsonian Abolition Lecture Controversy: The Clash of Antislavery Politics with American Science in Wartime Washington
Journal article by Michael F. Conlin; Civil War History, Vol. 46, 2000
Subjects: Abolitionists--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc., Smithsonian Institution--History, Social policy--Moral and ethical aspects, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865, Washington, D.C.--Social policy
...Henry to Frederick Barnard, Feb. 23, 1861, Frederick A. P. Barnard Papers, Rare Book...9, 17, 1861; Edward Magdol, Owen Lovejoy...Virtues Hero: Emerson, Antislavery...Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, ed. Edward W. Emerson, 12...
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Annual Bibliography of Works about Life Writing, 2008-2009
Journal article by Phyllis E. Wachter; Biography, Vol. 32, 2009
Subjects: Biographies--Bibliography, Biography--Bibliography
...21-39. Uses the writings of Edward Eyre to show how colonialism created...Rico and Cuba to New England by Edward and Charles Emerson and Sophia Peabody. Hewitt...plurality of signifiers. Welch, Edward. "Portrait of a Nation: Depardon...
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Alien Voices, Ancient Echoes: Bakhtin, Dialogism, and Pope's 'Essay on Criticism
Journal article by Mary Ellen Bellanca; Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 30, 1994
Subjects: Bakhtin, Mikhail--Criticism, interpretation, etc., English poetry--18th century, Essay on Criticism (Poem)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., New Criticism--Usage, Pope, Alexander--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Holquist. Trans. Caryl Emerson and Michael Holquist...Late Essays. Ed. Caryl Emerson and Michael Holquisit...U of Texas P, 1986. Barnard, John, ed. Pope...of John Dennis. Ed. Edward Niles Hooker. Vol...Gary Saul, and Caryl Emerson. Mikhail Bakhtin: Creation...
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Seizing the Moment: Collaboration and Cooperation in the Founding and Growth of the Museum of Northern Arizona, 1928-2008
Journal article by David R. Wilcox; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 52, 2010
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History--Growth, Arizona State Museum--Growth, Book publishing--Achievements and awards, Book publishing--Growth, Fishes--Growth, Flower, William Henry, Sir--Achievements and awards, Gillette Co.--Achievements and awards, Gillette Co.--Growth, Harvard University Press--Achievements and awards, Harvard University Press--Growth, Indiana University--Growth, Lowell Observatory--Growth, Museums--Achievements and awards, Personal care appliances industry--Achievements and awards, Personal care appliances industry--Growth, Publishing industry--Achievements and awards, Publishing industry--Growth, Smithsonian Institution Press, Society for American Archaeology--Growth, University of Arizona Press--Achievements and awards, University of Arizona Press--Growth
...She was assistant in anthropology at Barnard College, 1921-1922; research fellow...of California, 1922-1923; and, at Barnard, instructor in anthropology (1923...his undergraduate days, he befriended Edward Danson, who in 1947 was curator of Anthropology...
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Constitutional Unionists: The Party That Tried to Stop Lincoln and Save the Union
Journal article by Don Green; The Historian, Vol. 69, 2007
Subjects: Constitutional Union Party--History, Constitutional Union Party--Political activity, Lincoln, Abraham--Political activity, Presidential elections--History, Presidential elections--Political aspects, Presidents--Elections, Presidents--History, Presidents--Political aspects, Seward, William Henry--Political activity, United States history--Political aspects
...261-62; Thomas Brown, "Edward Everett and the Constitutional...80. (36.) Daniel Dewey Barnard, The Danger of Disunion...Past History of John Bell and Edward Everett (Washington, DC...Schlesinger and Israel, 1152; Emerson Davis Fite, The Presidential...
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magazine articles on: Barnard Edward Emerson  - 35 results

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New Star Forming from Interstellar Cloud
Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 121, June 1993
Subjects: Stars
...toward its center. The cloud, known as B335, was discovered early in the century by the American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard. It is invisible to the eye, appearing only as a black, starless area through a telescope. This is because...
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March on Stage
Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 21, March 2004
Subjects: Drama festivals--Calendars, Theater--Calendars
...Heggen and Joshua Logan; dir: Edward Stern. Mar 17-Apr 16. Emerson Studio Theatre: The Last Five...Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, Edward Albee; dir: Cynthia Levin...Suzanne Bachner. Thru Mar 6. Edward II, Christopher Marlowe...
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Season Preview 2004-05: A Comprehensive Listing of Productions, Dates and Directors at TCG Theatres Nationwide
Magazine article by Benjamin W. Sampson; American Theatre, Vol. 21, October 2004
Subjects: Theater--Calendars
...John Kander; dir: Michael Barnard. Thru Oct 3. You Cant Take...Craig Bohmler; dir: Michael Barnard. Dec 10-19. A Chorus Line, lyrics: Edward Kelban; music: Marvin Hamlisch...Lorenz Hart; dir: Michael Barnard. Feb 23-Mar 20. And They...
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2001-2002 Board of Directors
Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 19, December 2002
Subjects: AT and T Corp.--Public relations, Arts fund raising, Communications industry, Telecommunications services industry--Public relations, Theater companies--Finance, Theater companies--Management, Theatre Communications Group--Management, Theatre Communications Group--Membership, Theatre Communications Group--Officials and employees
...Dave Steakley Pam Sterling Edward Stern Michael Stotts Fontaine...Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill Edward Matthews Matt Mayerchak Charles...Jody Hovland and Ron Clark Barnard Hughes and Helen Stenborg Kim...Norma Kroll Dorothy Ohm Krone Edward Kuhn Susan M. Lammers R...
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Season Preview 2005-06: A Comprehensive Listing of Productions. Dates and Directors at TCG Theatres Nationwide
Magazine article by Eve Zappulla; American Theatre, Vol. 22, October 2005
Subjects: Drama--Calendars, Drama--Planning, Drama--Rankings, Plays--Calendars, Plays--Planning, Plays--Rankings, Theatre Communications Group--Calendars, Theatre Communications Group--Planning
...Dec 11. Kingdom, David Emerson Toney; dir: Jennifer L...Tale, Shakespeare; dir: Edward Hall. Nov 15-17. Alexander...Feb 25. Three Tall Women, Edward Albee; dir: Jasson Minadakis...Heritage, Brett Neveu; dir: Edward Sobel. Apr 26-May 28. APPLE...
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newspaper articles on: Barnard Edward Emerson  - 3 results

 
 
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More Than Just a Tavern: Club Rich in Members and History
Newspaper article by Robert Devaney; The Washington Times, May 2, 1996
Subjects: City Tavern, Restaurant industry
...most wonderful nights of my life," said Emerson Duncan, one of the few remaining founding...members, including Catherine Dix Allen, Edward and Frida Burling, Rodney Hood, Geoffrey...Livington Biddle, Rockwood Foster, John Barnard, Mrs. Walter Peter and Mrs. Graham...
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Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), August 22, 2006
...3; Stephen Smyth 3; Edward Spence 2; Peter Proat...Laura Zarwi 3. Co Durham BARNARD CASTLE SCHOOL Max Alexander...Elston 2.5; Jamie Emerson 4; Hannah Gibson 2...2. TEESDALE SCHOOL, BARNARD CASTLE Laura Anderson...3; Gemma Clough 3; Edward Cole 3; Robin Collard...
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Lane County Property Sales
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), August 1, 2010
Subjects: Federal National Mortgage Association, Mortgage banks
...97477; $295,000. Emerson Peter Raymond Rebecca...M Rogena M Degge, to Barnard Sharon R; 243 Dartmoor...Richard G, to Harrod Edward J Norma J; 2280 Ibsen...Chelsea, to Grubb Luke Edward; 34956 Seavey Loop Rd...2,000. Aragon Edward N, to Overton Sarah...


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encyclopedia articles on: Barnard Edward Emerson  - 1 result

 
 
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Barnard, Edward Emerson
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BARNARD, EDWARD EMERSON 1857 1923, American astronomer, b. Nashville, Tenn., grad. Vanderbilt Univ., 1887. From 1887 to 1895 he was astronomer...


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