Henry Draper

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Henry Draper was a pioneering 19th-century American physician and astronomer renowned for his early work in astrophotography and stellar spectroscopy, which laid the groundwork for modern stellar classification.

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Henry Draper canonical 16
Henry Draper Medal 3
Henry Draper Memorial Fund 2

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instanceOf astronomer ⓘ
astrophotography pioneer ⓘ
human ⓘ
physician ⓘ
academicDegree Doctor of Medicine ⓘ
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
commemoratedBy Henry Draper Catalogue ⓘ
Henry Draper Memorial at Harvard College Observatory ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1837-03-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1882-11-20 ⓘ
educatedAt New York University ⓘ
New York University School of Medicine ⓘ
employer New York University ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Draper ⓘ
father John William Draper ⓘ
linked to: John W. Draper
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
astrophotography ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
stellar spectroscopy ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
hasHeritage English-American ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage Henry Draper@en ⓘ
linked to: Henry Draper
influenced development of stellar classification systems ⓘ
instrumentUsed 11-inch Clark refractor ⓘ
28-inch reflector telescope ⓘ
knownFor construction of a large reflecting telescope for astrophotography ⓘ
one of the first to apply photography to stellar spectra ⓘ
memberOf National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
name Henry Draper ⓘ
notableAchievement among the first to obtain a stellar spectrum with absorption lines photographically ⓘ
notableFor early astrophotography ⓘ
early stellar spectroscopy ⓘ
pioneering work that laid groundwork for modern stellar classification ⓘ
notableWork early photographic spectra of stars ⓘ
photographic spectrum of Orion Nebula ⓘ
photographic spectrum of Vega ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
physician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States of America ⓘ
positionHeld professor of natural science at New York University ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling John Christopher Draper ⓘ
linked to: John W. Draper
spouse Mary Anna Palmer Draper ⓘ

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Antonia Maury → relative → Henry Draper ⓘ
Henry Draper Medal → namedAfter → Henry Draper ⓘ
George Ellery Hale → awardReceived → Henry Draper Medal ⓘ
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Henry Draper Extension → namedAfter → Henry Draper ⓘ
Henry Draper Catalogue → namedAfter → Henry Draper ⓘ
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Anna Draper → spouse → Henry Draper ⓘ
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Mary Anna Palmer Draper → spouse → Henry Draper ⓘ
Mary Anna Palmer Draper → hasPart → Henry Draper Memorial Fund ⓘ
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Robert Woodrow Wilson → awardReceived → Henry Draper Medal ⓘ
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