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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. 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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Charles Greeley Abbot, 1872-1973 | Smithsonian Institution Archives. 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.
Charles Greeley Abbot died, at age 101 in Maryland, on December 17, 1973. The American Solar Energy Society has an award named in Abbot's honor, which is awarded for contributions to solar energy research. The Abbot crater on the Moon has been named after him. Research work Abbot's solar cooker at Mount Wilson Observatory.
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 ...
Former Secretary Dr. Charles Greeley Abbot blows out candles on a birthday cake at a Regents Dinner held in the Great Hall of the Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, celebrating his 100th birthday. Cite as Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-009, Image No. 72-5080-02 Repository Loc.
Abbot, C. G (Charles Greeley) b. 1872. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Category. Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography. Contained within. The American Philosophical Society Year Book 1975 (Annual Journal) Contact information.
