English

Charles Lewis Brook: third Director of the BAA Variable Star Section

History and Philosophy of Physics 2011-11-17 v2 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Abstract

Charles Lewis Brook, MA, FRAS, FRMetS (1855 - 1939) served as Director of the BAA Variable Star Section from 1910 to 1921. During this time he was not merely interested in collecting the observations of the members (to which he also contributed), but he also spent considerable amounts of time analysing the data and preparing numerous publications on the findings. This paper discusses Brook's life and work, with a particular focus on his contribution to variable star astronomy.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1104.0133,
  title  = {Charles Lewis Brook: third Director of the BAA Variable Star Section},
  author = {Jeremy Shears},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.0133},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

37 pages, 1 Table, 25 Figures. Accepted for publication by JBAA

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