Dr. Seth C. Chandler

Chandler would also complete the publishing the Resultados after Gould's death. An original member of the National Academy of Sciences, he continued to carry out and champion astronomical research until his death in 1896.

In his lifetime, he acquired a superb historical collection of astronomical books, a portion of which forms the Gould collection in the Dudley Observatory Library Many of Gould's letters to the trustees of Dudley Observatory both before and during the Controversy can be found in the Dudley Observatory Archives .

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Seth C Chandler

Seth C. Chandler was born in Boston in 1846. After attending high school, Chandler became a personal astronomical assistant to Benjamin A. Gould, Jr. from 1863 to 1869.
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Between 1886 and 1904, Chandler conducted private astronomical investigations in Cambridge, MA. During this time, he made one of his most important discoveries. He determined by observations that there was a variation in latitude. The period of the precession of the earth around the axis was found to be 428 days instead of 305 days. Chandler also advanced the knowledge of variable stars and comets. He classified approximately 500 variables in his catalogues. In 1891, he received his LL.D. from DePauw University.

From 1896 to 1912, Dr. Chandler was editor of the Astronomical Journal. Although in the early days of his editorship, he revived the periodical to high standards, towards the end of his tenure his ill health led to the deterioration of the journal.
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Dr. Chandler had remained for all his life a close friend of Lewis Boss and had maintained an ongoing professional relationship with the Dudley Observatory as well.
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Papers of Seth C. Chandler

Part of the series had been received by bequest from the estate of Seth C. Chandler, editor from 1896 to 1912. Chandler had inherited the editorship from Benjamin A. Gould, Jr., founder of this, the oldest technical astronomical periodical in the United States.
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Researchers should also review the Records of the Dudley Observatory and the Papers of Benjamin A. Gould, Jr. and Seth C. Chandler for additional materials on the Astronomical Journal.
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Gould remained as editor until his death in 1896, after which Seth C. Chandler, a longtime associate and friend of Gould's, took over the editorship.
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In 1909, in ill health, Chandler persuaded assistant editor, Lewis Boss to become editor of the journal.

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The Papers of Seth C. Chandler, 1883-1910

The Papers of Seth C. Chandler were given by bequest to the Dudley Observatory upon his death. Dr. Chandler had enjoyed a professional and personal relationship with the Observatory for all of his astronomical career. These papers were found among the institutional archives of the Observatory. Researchers should also review the Records of the Dudley Observatory and the Records of the Astronomical Journal for additional materials on Seth C. Chandler.
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The Papers of Seth C. Chandler include correspondence, manuscripts and observational data. The paper are organized chronologically into series identified by form. The papers before processing were in no recognizable order. This arrangement has been initiated at the discretion of the processing archivist. It should be noted that Dr. Chandler completed the publication of Benjamin A. Gould's final work, Resultados del Observatorio Nacional Argentino En Cordoba (15 vols., 1879-1896.).