Aloysius Cortie

Aloysius Laurence Cortie
Cortie at the Fourth Conference International Union for Cooperation in Solar Research at Mount Wilson Observatory, 1910
Born(1859-04-22)22 April 1859
London, England
Died16 May 1925(1925-05-16) (aged 66)
Alma materStonyhurst College, Lancashire St. Beuno's College, Tremeirchion
Known forSolar astronomy
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsStonyhurst College Observatory

Aloysius Laurence Cortie FRAS FRMetS (1859 – 1925) was an English Jesuit astronomer. He served as director of the Stonyhurst College Observatory and contributed to the study of the Sun, including through observing solar eclipses.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Turner, Herbert H. (1926). "The Rev. Aloysius Laurence Cortie, S.J." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 86 (4). London: Royal Astronomical Society: 175–177. Bibcode:1926MNRAS..86..175.. doi:10.1093/mnras/86.4.175.
  2. ^ "Obituary–Rev. A. L. Cortie, S.J." The Observatory. 48: 195–196. 1925. Bibcode:1925Obs....48..188.
  3. ^ "The Rev. A. L. Cortie, S.J." Journal of the British Astronomical Association. 35 (7): 240–241. 1925.