Harlan True Stetson Explained

Harlan True Stetson
Birth Date:28 June 1885
Nationality:American
Occupation:astronomer and physicist
Known For:taught at Dartmouth and Harvard
Notable Works:studied sunspots, the Earth's crust, and the propagation of radio waves
Education:Brown University,
Dartmouth College,
Harvard University

Harlan True Stetson FRAS (28 June 1885–14 October 1964) was an American astronomer and physicist.[1] [2]

He earned a B.S. from Brown University in 1912, a M.A. from Dartmouth College, then a Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1915. His thesis was titled, On an Apparatus and Method for Thermo-Electric Measurements for Photographic Photometry.

Stetson joined Dartmouth in 1918 to teach physics, then moved to Harvard where he taught astronomy until 1929. He then became the director of the Perkins Observatory in Delaware, Ohio. Stetson is an honorary member of Sigma Pi Sigma.[3]

In 1936 he joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He directed the MIT Cosmic Terrestrial Research Laboratory from 1940 until 1950, and performed research into the relationship between the cosmos and the Earth. His studies included sunspots, the Earth's crust, and the propagation of radio waves.

The crater Stetson on the Moon is named in his honor.

Bibliography

He is also the author of multiple articles on astronomy.

Notes and References

  1. Obituary: Harlan T. Stetson. Physics Today. February 1965. 18. 2. 89. 10.1063/1.3047227. 1965PhT....18b..89.. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130925105806/http://www.physicstoday.org/resource/1/phtoad/v18/i2/p89_s1?bypassSSO=1. 2013-09-25.
  2. Web site: Simion @Yonescat . Florin . Harlan True . 2023-03-27 . The Royal Astronomical Society . 28 June 1885 . en.
  3. Honoroary Members of Sigma Pi Sigma. 9 December 2014 .
  4. Hogg, F. S.. Review of Publications- Sunspots in Action by Harlan True Stetson. Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. 1947. 41. 362–363. 1947JRASC..41..362H.