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Charles Greeley Abbot (May 31, 1872 – December 17, 1973) was an American astrophysicist and the fifth secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, serving from 1928 until 1944. [1] [3] [4] Abbot went from being director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, to becoming Assistant Secretary, and then Secretary of the Smithsonian ...
Charles Greeley Abbot. Birth. 31 May 1872. Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA. Death. 17 Dec 1973 (aged 101) Riverdale, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA. Burial. Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Brentwood, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA Add to Map. Plot. Section G. Memorial ID. 152603428. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial.
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Dec 18, 1973 · RIVERDALE, Md., Dec. 17—Dr. Charles Greeley Abbot, former secretary (chief executive officer) of the Smithsonian Institution and a noted astrophysicist, died today in Leland Memorial...
Charles Greeley Abbot, 1872-1973. The fifth Smithsonian Secretary, Charles Greeley Abbot, served from 1928 to 1944, and was the first Secretary to retire from office. An astrophysicist who studied solar radiation, Abbot was born in Wilton, New Hampshire, into a family of farmers. After completing courses at Phillips Andover Academy, he ...
He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1915 and served as its home secretary from 1919 to 1923 under President Charles Doolittle Walcott, who was Abbot's predecessor as Smithsonian Secretary. Abbot was born in May 1872 in Wilton, New Hampshire, the son and grandson of farmers. The youngest of four children of Harris and Caroline ...
3 days ago · Charles Greeley Abbot (born May 31, 1872, Wilton, N.H., U.S.—died Dec. 17, 1973, Riverdale, Md.) was an American astrophysicist who, as director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Washington, D.C., for almost four decades, engaged in a career-long campaign to demonstrate that the Sun ’s energy output varies and has a measurable ...
In 1907 Abbot succeeded Samuel Pierpont Langley (who was also the third Smithsonian Secretary) as director of the SAO, a position Abbot held until 1944. From 1918 to 1928 he served as assistant secretary, and from 1928 to 1944 as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; Abbot remained an active Smithsonian research associate until his death in ...
