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Harold Weaver
Born(1917-09-25)September 25, 1917
San Jose, Calif., USA
DiedApril 26, 2017(2017-04-26) (aged 99)
Kensington, Calif., USA
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley
Known forastrophysical masers
Scientific career
Fieldsradio astronomy
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
Thesis The absorption of light and space distribution of stars in the Aquila region of the Milky Way  (1942)
Doctoral advisorRobert Trumpler
Notable studentsGeorge Herbig

Harold Francis Weaver (born 25 September 1917 in San Jose, died 26 April 2017 in Kensington, California) was an American astronomer, known for #########.[1]

Weaver studied at the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1940, staying on for doctoral research and for the rest of his career. His PhD, completed in 1942, was supervised by the Swiss-American astronomer Robert Trumpler, who was also the father of Weaver's wife ####, and was an observational project looking at stellar distribution and dust absorption in the Aquila region of the Milky Way.[2]

For this he worked at Mount Wilson Observatory

later work and main career specialism, departmental stuff

He supervised at least ### graduate students, including George Herbig in 19###.[3]


In 1965 he discovered the first astrophysical maser[4]

Weaver retired in 1988 and became professor emeritus, continuing to attend Berkeley regularly for the next 30 years, as an active astronomer into his 90s.[1]

He married in 19###, and at the time of his death had three children, ######.[1]

Selected publications

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  • Statistical Astronomy.

References

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  1. ^ a b c obit
  2. ^ Weaver, Harold F. (1942). The absorption of light and space distribution of stars in the Aquila region of the Milky Way (PhD). University of California, Berkeley. Bibcode:1942PhDT.........1W.
  3. ^ acad tree
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference nature-maser was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

Further reading

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Oral histories



Category:1917 births Category:2017 deaths Category:American astronomers






Hal Weaver
Weaver discusses Ultima Thule
Born1953 (age 70–71)
EducationDuke, Johns Hopkins
Known forNew Horizons, #####
Scientific career
ThesisUltraviolet spectra of comets observed with the International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite observatory (1981)





Harold Weaver may refer to two similarly named American astronomers:

See also

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