Harold D. Babcock
(1882-1968)
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Harold Delos Babcock (January 24, 1882 – April 8, 1968) was an American astronomer and the father of Horace W. Babcock. He was of English and German ancestry. He was born in Edgerton, Wisconsin, before completing high school in Los Angeles and was accepted to the University of California, Berkeley in 1901. He worked at the Mount Wilson Observatory from 1907 until 1948. He specialized in solar spectroscopy and precisely mapped the distribution of magnetic fields over the Sun's surface, working alongside his son. In 1953 he won the Bruce Medal. Babcock died of a heart attack in Pasadena, California at age 86.
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Harold Delos Babcock 24 January 1882 Edgerton, Wisconsin USA
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8 April 1968 (aged 86) Pasadena, California USA
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Horace Welcome Babcock 1st child with Mary Henderson Babcock Male b. 13 Sep 1912 d. 29 Aug 2003 Age: 90 (at death) 1912-2003 American astronomer
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