Richard Tousey

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Richard Tousey (May 18, 1908 – April 15, 1997)^[1] was an American astronomer.^[2]

He was a pioneer in the observation of the sun from space, and took the first photographs of the sun's ultraviolet spectrum, using a captured V-2 rocket.^[1]

In 1960 he was awarded the Frederic Ives Medal by the OSA. He won the Henry Draper Medal from the National Academy of Sciences in 1963,^[3] the Eddington Medal in 1964, and the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship in 1966.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Richard Tousey, 88; Solar Physicist". The New York Times. 21 April 1997.
↑ Brueckner, Guenter (September 1997). "Obituary: Richard Tousey". Physics Today 50 (9): 98. doi:10.1063/1.881895.
↑ "Henry Draper Medal". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 February 2011.

External links

National Academy of Sciences biography

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Name	Tousey, Richard
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Short description	American astronomer
Date of birth	May 18, 1908
Place of birth
Date of death	April 15, 1997
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