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Charles Dillon Perrine

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American astronomer (1867-1951)

United StatesScientistsLived 1867 to 1951 · aged 83
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Charles Dillon Perrine was an American astronomer at the Lick Observatory in California (1893-1909) who moved to Cordoba, Argentina to accept the position of Director of the Argentine National Observatory (1909-1936).

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Charles Dillon Perrine in the Astronomical Observatory of CórdobaCharles Dillon Perrine in the Astronomical Observatory of Córdoba

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1897Lalande Prize

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Charles Dillon Perrine was an American astronomer at the Lick Observatory in California (1893-1909) who moved to Cordoba, Argentina to accept the position of Director of the Argentine National Observatory (1909-1936). The Cordoba Observatory under Perrine's direction made the first attempts to prove Einstein's theory of relativity by astronomical observation of the deflection of starlight near the Sun during the solar eclipse of October 10, 1912 in Cristina (Brazil), and the solar eclipse of August 21, 1914 at Feodosia, Crimea, Russian Empire. Rain in 1912 and clouds in 1914 prevented results.

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United States
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
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Lived 1867 to 1951 · aged 83
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