Harlan True Stetson
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| Harlan True Stetson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 June 1885 Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts |
| Died | 16 September 1964 (79) Broward Co., Florida |
| Alma mater | Brown University (B.S., 1912); Dartmouth College (M.A.); Harvard University (Ph.D., 1915) |
| Workplace(s) | Dartmouth, physics dept.; Harvard, astronomy dept.; Perkins Observatory (Delaware, Ohio), director; MIT Cosmic Terrestrial Research Laboratory, director |
Harlan True Stetson (June 28, 1885 - September 16, 1964) was an American astronomer and physicist, serving as director of the MIT Cosmic Terrestrial Research Laboratory during the 1940s, where he made studies of sunspots, radio waves, and various interactions between cosmic and terrestrial forces.
Selected Bibliography
- Stetson, Harlan True; Duncan, John Charles (1923), A Manual of Laboratory Astronomy, Boston: Eastern Science Supply Co., https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006254113
- Stetson, Harlan True (1930), Man and the Stars, New York: Whittlesey House, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001987713
- Stetson, Harlan True (1934), Earth, Radio and the Stars, New York: Whittlesey House, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001475912
- Stetson, Harlan True (1937), Sunspots and Their Effects, New York: Whittlesey House, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001990925
- Stetson, Harlan True (1947), Sunspots in Action, New York: Ronald Press Co., https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001485895