Ira Sprague Bowen
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Ira Sprague Bowen (December 21 1898 – February 6 1973) was an American astronomer.
In 1927 he discoverd Nebulium not to be a chemical element.
He won the Henry Draper Medal in 1942.
He won the Bruce Medal in 1957.
He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1966.
A crater on the Moon is named after him, as is the asteroid 3363 Bowen.
External links
- Bruce Medal page (http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/BruceMedalists/Bowen/index.html)
- Awarding of Bruce medal: PASP 69 (1957) 105 (http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/PASP./0069//0000105.000.html)
- Awarding of RAS gold medal: QJRAS 7 (1966) 114 (http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/QJRAS/0007//0000114.000.html)
Obituaries
- QJRAS 15 (1974) 193 (http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/QJRAS/0015//0000193.000.html)de:Ira Sprague Bowen