Edward Charles Pickering ForMemRS HFRSE (July 19, 1846 – February 3, 1919) was an American astronomer and physicist and the older brother of William Henry Pickering. Along with Carl Vogel, Pickering discovered the first spectroscopic binary stars. He wrote Elements of Physical Manipulations (2 vol., 1873–76).
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19 July 1846 Boston, Massachusetts
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Died |
3 February 1919 (aged 72) Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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