William Henry Pickering was an American astronomer. He constructed and established several observatories and astronomical observation stations, notably including Percival Lowell's Flagstaff Observatory, and he spent much of the later part of his life at his own private observatory in Jamaica.
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William Henry Pickering was an American astronomer. Pickering constructed and established several observatories or astronomical observation stations, notably including Percival Lowell's Flagstaff Observatory.
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February 15, 1858
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January 16, 1938
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He spent much of the later part of his life at his private observatory in Jamaica.
Member Of: Harvard University, Career
In September 1923, he retired from Harvard University as an assistant professor emeritus.
Member Of: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Career
Pickering was an instructor in physics at MIT from 1880 to 1887.
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Infobox fields: Astronomy
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