University of Denver. Department of Astronomy and Applied Mathematics
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Albert W. Recht Papers
Collection
Identifier: M193
Abstract
Albert William Recht was an astronomer and educator at the University of Denver from 1932 to his death in 1962. The collection includes tapes of various lectures used on "public nights" at Chamberlin Observatory, newspapers clippings, bulletins of the Chamberlain Observatory, a copy of "A Space Trip for the Joneses," Chamberlin Observatory publications, photographs, notes for Recht's address to the National Amateur Astronomers Convention held in Denver (1959) and...
Dates:
1930 - 1962
Herbert Alonzo Howe Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: M010
Abstract
Herbert A. Howe (1858-1926) was Professor of Astronomy and Applied Mathematics, Director of Chamberlin Observatory, Dean of College of Arts and Sciences, and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. He was instrumental in building the University of Denver's Chamberlin Observatory (1890) named after Humphrey B. Chamberlin. Howe oversaw the installation of the Observatory's Saegmuller telescope with its 20-inch Clark refractor. Howe's notebooks contain...
Dates:
1856-2002
University of Denver Professor and Administrator Herbert A. Howe, between 1891-1926
Item
Identifier: M010.02.0002.0011.00001
Abstract
University of Denver (DU) administrator and Professor of Astronomy and Applied Mathematics Herbert Alonzo Howe poses for a formal portrait in Denver, Colorado.
Dates:
between 1891-1926
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