George Hale

In 1890 he was appointed director of the Kenwood Astrophysical Observatory ; he was professor of Astrophysics at Beloit College ( 1891 - 93 ; associate professor at the University Of Chicago until 1897 , and full professor ( 1897 - 1905 ). He was coeditor of ''Astronomy and Astrophysics'' in 1892 - 95 and after 1895 editor of the ''Astrophysical Journal''.

He helped found a number of observatories, including Yerkes Observatory and Mount Wilson Observatory . At Mount Wilson, he hired and encouraged Harlow Shapley and Edwin Hubble and did a great deal of fundraising, planning, organizing and promotion of astronomical institutions, societies and journals. Hale also played a central role in the development of Pasadena 's California Institute Of Technology (Caltech) into a leading research university.

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