PICKERING, WILLIAM HENRY

1858–1938, American astronomer, b. Boston, grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., 1879). He taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1880–87) and at Harvard Observatory. Between 1878 and 1901 he led five solar eclipse expeditions and established several observatories and astronomical stations. Pickering discovered (1899) the ninth satellite of Saturn, called Phoebe, and also announced (1905) the finding of a tenth satellite, which was not confirmed until 1967. In 1919 he predicted the existence and the location of a ninth planet, discovered later and named Pluto. His observations of the moon, including the study of lunar craters, is of lasting importance. He also accomplished important work in photographing the planets and measuring their brightness. His later researches were devoted to Mars. In addition to a number of papers in astronomical journals, his publications include The Moon (1903), Lunar and Hawaiian Physical Features Compared (1906), and Mars (1921).

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Old Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time
Book by Freeman Cleaves; Charles Scribners Sons, 1939
Subjects: Harrison, William Henry--1773-1841, Presidents--United States--Biography, United States--History--1783-1865
...General Daniel F., 27 - 72 . Oliver, William, tells of siege of Fort Wayne, 117 ; captain...connections, 241 , 244 , 247 . Piatt, Captain William, 96 ; army quartermaster, 127 . Pickering, Timothy, Secretary of State, 26 , 31...
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Letters, Fictions, Lives: Henry James and William Dean Howells
Book by Michael Anesko; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Authors, American--19th Century--Correspondence, Authors, American--20th Century--Correspondence, Critics--United States--Correspondence, Fiction--Authorship, Howells, William Dean--1837-1920--Correspondence, James, Henry--1843-1916--Correspondence, Novelists, American--19th Century--Correspondence, Novelists, American--20th Century--Correspondence
...n4, 293 Years of My Youth, 461 Yoricks Love, 148 Works by Henry James The Abasement of the Northmores, 365 The Album, 376...76, 432 Emile Zola, 383 English Hours, 427 , 433 Eugene Pickering, 93 , 95 -96, 108 , 112 Europe, 365 A European Summer...
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Discovery of a Genius: William Dean Howells and Henry James
Book by Albert Mordell, William Dean Howells; Twayne Publishers, 1961
Subjects: Fiction, James, Henry--1843-1916
...conditions of ours that often enough keep young men as guileless as Pickering, and as fit for sacrifice at such shrines as hers. However...Blumenthals mind in her self-contradictory behavior towards Pickering? These things must be at least unmistakably suggested. Since...
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Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Lamb, etc.: Being Selections from the Remains of Henry Crabb Robinson
Book by Henry Crabb Robinson, Edith J. Morley; 1922
Subjects: Blake, William--1757-1827, Lake Poets
...wrote to her two letters in that year wh. she preserved wh. have been printed by Mrs. Henry Coleridge in her vol. of Notes Lectures on Shakespear. Pickering. 1849. They give me no pleasure in the perusal, but there was such a want of materials...
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The Literary Vocation of Henry Adams
Book by William Merrill Decker; University of North Carolina Press, 1990
Subjects: Adams, Henry--1838-1918--Literary Art, Adams, Henry--1838-1918--Philosophy
...antagonists in the perilous discourse of the ad hominem mode. From Henry Adams the long-departed John Randolph had exacted an ironic...satisfaction: it may be seen in the tarnishings of Hamilton and Pickering as in the ever-present if implicit argument that Jefferson...
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Marshall vs. Jefferson Then and Now: How the Intellectual and Political Struggle over the Constitution Resonates Today
Journal article by Phillip G. Henderson; Humanitas, Vol. 23, 2010
Subjects: Constitutional law--Political aspects, Jefferson, Thomas (American president)--Political activity, Pickering, John--Political activity, Ryn, Claes G.--Political activity
...court case. In U. S. v. The William, Judge Davis held that the...Definer of a Nation (New York: Henry Holt Company, 1996), 90...v. Maryland, 406. (17) William W. Crosskey, "John Marshall...taken from Adrienne Koch and William Peden, editors, The Life...
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Insights into the Personal Friendship and Patronage of Abraham Lincoln and Anson Gordon Henry, M.d.: Letters for Dr. Henry to His Wife, Eliza
Journal article by Elbert F. Floyd; Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Vol. 98, 2005
...Territorial Governor William Pickering, joined Henry in the action...successor.66 Henry and Noah Brooks...Lincoln met with William Pickering, Governor of...and General William T. Sherman...Virginia. Henry wanted to see...
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The Constitution in Congress: Jefferson and the West, 1801-1809
Journal article by David P. Currie; William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 39, 1998
Subjects: Constitutional history--Analysis, Jefferson, Thomas--Management
...statements of Sen. Pickering and Rep. Gaylord...ALBERT GALLATIN 113 (Henry Adams ed., 1879...statement of Sen. Pickering); id. at 58...141.) See HENRY ADAMS, HISTORY...AND MADISON 76 (William E. Leuchtenburg...statement of Sen. Pickering); id. at 56...
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A Judge for All Seasons
Journal article by R. Kent Newmyer; William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 43, 2002
Subjects: Judicial process--Evaluation, Marshall, John--Evaluation, United States history--1783-1865, United States. Supreme Court--Officials and employees
...religious leaders, such as William Ellery Charming, joined...it was reprinted in William W. Storys The Miscellaneous...Philadelphia lawyer named Henry B. Pearson set out in...profession). (48.) 1 HENRY FLANDERS, THE LIVES...OF THE SUPREME COURT (William S. Hein Co. 1971...
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Original Sin and Judicial Independence: Providing Accountability for Justices
Journal article by Paul D. Carrington, Roger C. Cramton; William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 50, 2009
Subjects: Judicial process--Laws, regulations and rules, Judicial restraint--Laws, regulations and rules
...aggrandizement, see William M. Landes Richard...AMERICA 297-306 (Henry Reeve trans., 1966...282.) But cf. WILLIAM H. REHNQUIST, GRAND...1874); see also HENRY ADAMS, JOHN RANDOLPH...to James Boyle, Henry Monaghan, Randall...at the College of William and Mary, to whom...
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magazine articles on: Pickering William Henry  - 63 results

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Mr. Diplomat
Magazine article; Foreign Policy, July 2001
Subjects: Diplomats--Interviews, Pickering, Thomas R.--Interviews, United States--Foreign relations
...Water Thomas Reeve Pickering Born: Orange, New...Secretaries of State William Rogers and Henry Kissinger 1974-1978...AMBASSADOR TO JORDAN Pickering grapples with status...1957. Hussein praises Pickering upon departure as...
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The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty: the Next 40 Years
Magazine article by Miles A. Pomper, Jonas Gahr Støre, K. Subrahmanyam, Thomas R. Pickering, Jayantha Dhanapala; Arms Control Today, Vol. 38, June 2008
Subjects: Arms control & disarmament, Leadership, Nuclear weapons, Treaties
...Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger, and Sam Nunn...A15; George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger, and Sam Nunn...15, 2008, p. A13. 2. William Luers, Thomas R. Pickering, and Jim Walsh, "A Solution...
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Tyndale's New Testament
Magazine article by Joan Bridgman; Contemporary Review, Vol. 277, December 2000
Subjects: Bible. N.T. (Sacred text)--Publishing, Christian literature--Publication and distribution, Religious literature--Publication and distribution, Tyndale, William--Authorship
...the second edition of William Tyndales New Testament...been read by him since Henry VIII ordered the Great...urged on by Sir Edward Pickering, Master of the Guild...James, Iris Murdoch, William Golding and Ted Hughes...was put up in 1866 to William Tyndale, the translator...
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Letters
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 49, September 1999
...impractical. And the Jet Propulsion Laboratory space probes were directed by my fellow New Zealander Dr William Pickering. Maurice Henry Manurewa, New Zealand Grumbling Farmers Re `When Farmers Grumble (June 1999), the information readily...
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At Home and Away: The Earl of Leicester
Magazine article by Simon Adams; History Today, Vol. 46, May 1996
Subjects: Elizabeth I, Queen of England--Influence, Robert, Earl of Leicester--Biography, United Kingdom--History, 1558-1603 (Elizabethan era)
...Roger Williams, Henry Kilgrew, Sir John...possibly that of Henry VIII. The social...of Bedford, Sir William Pickering, or the new keeper...merchants chants, William Byrde in particular...celebrated informality of Henry 1V or William of...
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Internet Speedup May Favor the Bells
Newspaper article by William Glanz; The Washington Times, April 26, 2001
Subjects: Tauzin, W.J.
...Internet speedup may favor the Bells by William Glanz Critics of a bill intended to speed...Democrat. Rep. Charles W. "Chip" Pickering Jr., Mississippi Republican, called...would be ignored by investors, James H. Henry, managing general partner at venture...
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Aston University Degrees
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), July 17, 2009
Subjects: Mechanical engineering, Universities and colleges
...Ewa Mis MORGAN Guy Owen William Morgan MUSHTAQ Farhat Nazir...MUSHTAQ Musarat Mushtaq PICKERING Harriet Jane Pickering RUSSELL Richard William Russell SENTHAMILSELVAM...Adu-Poku AXELL William Henry Axell CHATER Kayleigh Louise...
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George Enjoys Talking; Queen's University of Belfast Graduations
Newspaper article by Heather Greenaway; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), July 4, 1997
...absentia), Koon Wa Henry Lau, William John Laverty...Alexander Black, Henry John William Laverty Pass...Patterson, Sarah Ruth Pickering, Eileen Louise...OHagan, Jason William Joseph OKane...PUBLISHED WORK Henry Anthony Donegan...
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WARWICK UNIVERSITY DEGREE RESULTS; the 2009 Summer Awards Ceremonies Are Being Held This Week at the Warwick University Campus. Two: Ceremonies Are Held Each Day - One at 11am and One at 3pm at the University's Butterworth Hall
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), July 13, 2009
Subjects: Universities and colleges--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
...PHYSICS Adam Henry Aitkenhead...Edward William Spencer Neil...Chris Anthony Pickering * Thomas...Fiona Barrack William Beasley...Jonathan Henry Cairns...Christopher Pickering Sophie Quilter...Truong * William John Uglow...
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We'll March for Our Rover
Newspaper article; Birmingham Evening Mail (England), March 23, 2000
Subjects: Land Rover UK Ltd.
...supervisor, and Roy Pickering, chocolate maker, of Avebury Grove, Stirchley; William Nicholas, retired brewer...Close, Kings Norton; William Duncan, retired plumber...Close, Woodgate Valley; William Evans, retired Rover...Road, Kings Heath; Henry Allard, Jaguar worker...
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Pickering, William Henry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PICKERING, WILLIAM HENRY 1858 1938, American astronomer, b. Boston, grad. Massachusetts...and established several observatories and astronomical stations. Pickering discovered (1899) the ninth satellite of Saturn, called Phoebe...


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