Hector Macpherson | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Hector_2.jpg) Hector Copland Macpherson (right) with his father and firstborn son | |
| Born | Hector Copland Macpherson 1 April 1888 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 19 May 1956 (aged 68) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Education | New College, Edinburgh |
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| Notable work | Biographical Dictionary of Astronomy |
| Spouse |
Catherine Anne Chisholm
(m. 1917) |
| Children | 4 |
| Father | Hector C. Macpherson |
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| Church | |
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Hector Copland Macpherson, FRAS FRSE (1 April 1888 – 19 May 1956) was a Scottish astronomer and minister. His 1940 work Biographical Dictionary of Astronomy was later incorporated into the Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, which was first published in 2007.[1][2][3]
- ^ Brück, Mary T.; Gavine, David M. (2011). "Hector Copland Macpherson (1888–1956), Clergyman, educator, lecturer and writer on astronomy and its history". The Antiquarian Astronomer. 5. Society for the History of Astronomy: 4–7. Bibcode:2011AntAs...5....4B. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ Ellison, Mervyn A. (1957). "Hector Copland Macpherson". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 117 (3). London, England: Royal Astronomical Society: 254–256. Bibcode:1957MNRAS.117..254.. doi:10.1093/mnras/117.3.254.
- ^ "Obituary: Hector Copland Macpherson, 1888–1956". Journal of the British Astronomical Association. 66 (8). London, England: British Astronomical Association: 325. 1956. Retrieved 30 January 2016.