| LC control no. | n 50036395 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Wilson, A. G. (Albert George), 1918-2012 |
| Variant(s) | Wilson, Albert George, 1918-2012 Wilson, Albert G. (Albert George), 1918-2012 |
| Biography/History note | Albert George Wilson (July 28, 1918-August 27, 2012) was an American astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology in 1947. |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1918-07-28 |
| Death date | 2012-08-27 |
| Place of birth | Houston (Tex.) |
| Place of death | Sebastopol (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Astronomy Mathematics |
| Affiliation | California Institute of Technology Palomar Observatory Lowell Observatory Rand Corporation Douglas Advanced Research Laboratories University of Southern California |
| Profession or occupation | Astronomers Mathematicians College teachers |
| Found in | Symposium on Methodologies, Pasadena, Calif., 1967. New methods of thought and procedure, 1967. Biographical encyclopedia of astronomers, 2014 (Wilson, Albert George; born Houston, Texas, 28 July 1918, died Sebastopol, California, 27 August 2012; Albert G. Wilson supervised the National Geographic Society-Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, directed the Lowell Observatory, and was the founding co-editor of Icarus. His discoveries included four dwarf galaxies in the Local Group, several supernovae, a comet, and at least five asteroids. His main interest was theoretical cosmology, especially the idea of discretization.) Wikipedia, March 15, 2020 (Albert George Wilson (July 28, 1918-August 27, 2012) was an American astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets; received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Caltech in 1947; in 1949 started at Palomar Observatory, and led the Palomar Sky Survey; in 1953 became assistant director of Lowell Observatory; later worked at Rand Corporation; in 1962 became founding editor of the astronomical magazine Icarus. In 1966, became associate director of McDonnell-Douglas Corporation Advanced Research Laboratories; in 1972, became an adjunct professor at University of Southern California, teaching courses in philosophy and science until his retirement) |
| Associated language | eng |
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