George Ellery Hale

George Ellery Hale (June 29 1868 – February 21 1938) was an American solar astronomer.

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June 29 - 1868 - February 21 - 1938 - Solar - Astronomer

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As an undergraduate at MIT, he invented the spectroheliograph.

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MIT - Spectroheliograph

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He helped found a number of observatories, including Yerkes Observatory and Mount Wilson Observatory. At Mount Wilson, he hired and encouraged Harlow Shapley and Edwin Hubble and did a great deal of fundraising, planning, organizing and promotion of astronomical institutions, societies and journals. Hale also played a central role in the development of Pasadena's California Institute of Technology (Caltech) into a leading research university.

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Yerkes Observatory - Mount Wilson Observatory - Harlow Shapley - Edwin Hubble - Pasadena - California Institute of Technology

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