Solon Irving Bailey
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Bailey joined the staff of Harvard College Observatory in 1887. He received an bachelor's and masters from Boston University in 1881 and 1884, respectively, and a masters from Harvard University in 1888 . He also earned anAfter the observatory received the "Boyden Fund" bequest from the will of Uriah A. Boyden, Bailey played a major role in finding a site for Boyden Station in Arequipa, Peru, and was in charge of it from 1892 to 1919. He was also one of the first to carry out meteorological studies in Peru, traveling extensively in desolate areas at very high altitude. Boyden Station was moved to South Africa in 1927 due to better weather conditions and became known as the Boyden Observatory.
He made extensive studies of variable stars in globular clusters in the southern skies. He also performed a light-curve analysis measured the rotation period of the near-Earth asteroid 433 Eros during its 1903 opposition with great accuracy. Bailey was acting director of Harvard College Observatory from 1919 to 1921 after the death of Edward Charles Pickering and prior to the appointment of Harlow Shapley. He worked as a senior colleague with Henrietta Leavitt. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1892. Irving died at his summer home in Hanover, New Hampshire, from an illness caused by heart disease, in 1931. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: 1908
Superior document: Peruvian meteorology
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Published: 1917
Superior document: Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College 78,2
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Published: 1899
Superior document: Peruvian meteorology
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Published: 1903
Superior document: Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College 46,1
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Published: 1907
Superior document: Peruvian meteorology
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Published: 1928
Superior document: Reprints / The Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College : Series I 44
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Published: 1928
Superior document: Reprints / The Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College : Series I 45
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Published: 1925
Superior document: Reprints / The Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College : Series I 23
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Published: 1925
Superior document: Reprints / The Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College : Series I 26
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Published: 1919
Superior document: Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College 78,3
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Published: 1899
Superior document: Peruvian meteorology
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Published: 1902
Superior document: Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College 38
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Published: 1913
Superior document: Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College ; 78,1
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Published: 1932
Superior document: Reprints / The Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College : Series I 78
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Published: 1926
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