Herrick, Edward Claudius (1811-62)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3692. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Bookseller and librarian, born in New Haven, CT, self-educated by association with Yale University academics, and observer of the 9 August 1837 meteor shower, which he identified as the Perseids. With the Leonids in mind (after a brilliant display in November 1833 they proved to be an annual shower, the first identified), Herrick found other August records of meteor showers. In 1839 he confirmed...

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