Francis Preserved Leavenworth Explained

Francis Preserved Leavenworth (September 3, 1858 in Mount Vernon, Indiana – November 12, 1928;^[1] a.k.a. Frank Leavenworth) was an American astronomer. He discovered many New General Catalogue objects together with Frank Muller and Ormond Stone. They used a telescope with a 66-cm aperture at the Leander McCormick Observatory at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.^[2]

He became a member of the Camden Astronomical Society shortly after its founding in 1888.^[3]

In 1909 he joined Frederick C. Leonard's Society for Practical Astronomy.^[4]

See also

• New General Catalogue
• Observational astronomy

External links

• Web site: Steinicke . Wolfgang . Francis Preserved Leavanworth, Photos and Objects found . 25 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061350/http://www.klima-luft.de/steinicke/ngcic/persons/leavenworth.htm . 4 March 2016 . dead .
• Publications by F. P. Leavenworth in the Astrophysics Data System

Notes and References

1. 1929-02-08. Francis P. Leavenworth. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. en. 89. 4. 312–313. 10.1093/mnras/89.4.312. 0035-8711. 1929MNRAS..89..312. . free.
2. Beal. William O.. Francis Preserved Leavenworth. Popular Astronomy. March 1929. 37. 117. 1929PA.....37..117B .
3. Web site: Billings. Cecil M.. A History o f the Society from 1888 – 1960. The Rittenhouse Astronomical Society. 29 June 2016. 14 Nov 1959.
4. News: This School Boy Astronomer, Still in His Teens, Attracts Attention of Scientific Star Gazers. Osborn. Stanley R.. July 9, 1911. Chicago Daily Tribune. E1. .