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Joel Stebbins
American astronomer (1878-1966) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 87
Joel Stebbins was an American astronomer who pioneered photoelectric photometry in astronomy. He was director of the University of Illinois Observatory from 1903 to 1922 where he performed innovative work with the selenium cell.
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1966Died16 March 19661956Henry Norris Russell LectureshipAward1950Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical SocietyAward1941Bruce MedalAward1915Henry Draper MedalAward1913Rumford PrizeAward1878Born30 July 1878
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In 1922 he became director of the Washburn Observatory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he remained until 1948. After 1948, Stebbins continued his research at Lick Observatory until his final retirement in 1958.
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Lived 1878 to 1966 · aged 87
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Olin J. EggenBoth received Henry Norris Russell LectureshipAlfred Harrison JoyBoth received Bruce Medal
Martha P. HaynesBoth received Henry Draper Medal
Paul W. MerrillBoth received Henry Draper Medal