Herbert Rollo Morgan (March 21, 1875 near Medford, Minnesota – June 11, 1957)[1][2][3] was a member of the Virginia Glee Club during the Glee Club 1898-1899 season. During the season he was a sixth year student.[4]
While at Virginia he worked at the McCormick Observatory, where he published observations on the orbit of Saturn's moon Encedalus.[5] After graduation he worked at various observatories, including serving as the director of the Morrison Observatory in Glasgow, Missouri[6] and the US Naval Observatory.[1] He concluded his career at Yale University, where he prepared the N30 Catalog, which provided data on the motions of 5,268 stars.[3]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Herbert Rollo Morgan". US, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com). http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=herbert+rollo&gsln=morgan&gsln_x=XO&msbdy=1875&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=qoc&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=24021359&db=WW1draft&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
- ↑ "Herbert Rollo Morgan". Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) (Ancestry.com). http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=herbert+rollo&gsln=morgan&gsln_x=XO&msbdy=1875&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=qoc&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=8142648&recoff=4+5+6&db=bgmi&ml_rpos=2. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer. 2007. p. 805. http://books.google.com/books?id=t-BF1CHkc50C&lpg=PA805&dq=%22herbert%20rollo%20morgan%22&pg=PA805#v=onepage&q=%22herbert%20rollo%20morgan%22&f=false.
- ↑ Corks and Curls. 1899. p. 43. http://books.google.com/books?id=PdlKAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA150&ots=lSVULf4r4G&dq=%22edgar%20bradford%20burwell%22&pg=PA42#v=onepage&q=kinsolving&f=false.
- ↑ Morgan, Herbert Rollo (1902). The Orbit of Encedalus. http://books.google.com/books?id=aUxGAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22herbert+rollo+morgan%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eLDeUoX2E_TPsAS5k4HgBA&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22herbert%20rollo%20morgan%22&f=false.
- ↑ Morgan, Herbert R. (1906). Report of the Director of the Morrison Observatory. http://books.google.com/books?id=NFrOAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22herbert+rollo+morgan%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eLDeUoX2E_TPsAS5k4HgBA&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22herbert%20rollo%20morgan%22&f=false.