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Sharpless Objects
Sharpless is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bevan Sharpless (1904–1950), American solar system astronomer *Christopher Sharpless (born 1945), American 1988 Winter Olympics bobsledder *Isaac Sharpless (1848–1920), American educator *Josh Sharpless (born 1988), American baseball player *Karl Barry Sharpless (born 1941), American chemist and Nobel prize winner *Mattie R. Sharpless (born 1942), American diplomat *Nathan J. Sharpless (1823–1893), American politician from Pennsylvania *Norman Sharpless (born 1966), American oncologist and director of the National Cancer Institute *Stewart Sharpless (1926–2013), American galactic astronomer **Sharpless catalog, a 20th-century astronomical catalog with 313 items *Disappearance of Toni Sharpless (born 1979), American nurse who disappeared in 2009 Fictional characters *A character in Madama Butterfly See also *Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation, a chemical reaction *Sharpless epoxidation, a chemical reacti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Bevan Sharpless
Bevan Percival Sharpless (August 2, 1904 – October 28, 1950) was an American astronomer, best known for his 1944 discovery that the orbit of Phobos (moon), Phobos was Orbital decay, decaying. Early life Sharpless was born to Ethel Mae Bevan and Albert Wayne Sharpless on August 2, 1904, in Chester Heights, Pennsylvania, the only child of the marriage. He attended Swarthmore High School then Swarthmore College, graduating in 1926 with an A.B. degree in mathematics. In 1923, he traveled with a group from the college to Yerbanis, Mexico to witness an eclipse of September 10, 1923, and again to New Haven, Connecticut, to observe the solar eclipse of January 24, 1925. He married Ethel May Gamble on September 10, 1927, in Glenolden, Pennsylvania. Early career For two years after graduation, Sharpless worked as an actuary. He received a temporary appointment with the United States Naval Observatory (USNO) on August 16, 1928; this became a permanent appointment as a junior astronomer on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |