Francis Preserved Leavenworth

Francis Preserved Leavenworth (September 3, 1858 in Mount Vernon, Indiana – November 12, 1928;^[1] a.k.a. Frank Leavenworth) was an American astronomer. He discovered many New General Catalogue objects together with Frank Muller and Ormond Stone. They used a telescope with a 66-cm aperture at the Leander McCormick Observatory at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.^[2]

Francis Preserved Leavenworth

He became a member of the Camden Astronomical Society shortly after its founding in 1888.^[3]

In 1909 he joined Frederick C. Leonard's Society for Practical Astronomy.^[4]

See also

• New General Catalogue
• Observational astronomy

References

1. "Francis P. Leavenworth". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 89 (4): 312–313. 1929-02-08. Bibcode:1929MNRAS..89..312.. doi:10.1093/mnras/89.4.312. ISSN 0035-8711.
2. Beal, William O. (March 1929). "Francis Preserved Leavenworth". Popular Astronomy. 37: 117. Bibcode:1929PA.....37..117B.
3. Billings, Cecil M. (14 Nov 1959). "A History o f the Society from 1888 – 1960" (PDF). The Rittenhouse Astronomical Society. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
4. Osborn, Stanley R. (July 9, 1911). "This School Boy Astronomer, Still in His Teens, Attracts Attention of Scientific Star Gazers". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. E1. ProQuest 173552455.

External links

• Steinicke, Wolfgang. "Francis Preserved Leavanworth, Photos and Objects found". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
• Publications by F. P. Leavenworth in the Astrophysics Data System