Philip Fox (astronomer)
| Philip Fox | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 7, 1878 Manhattan, Kansas |
| Died | 21 July 1944 (aged 66) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1898-1943 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars |
Spanish American War World War I World War II |
| Other work | Astronomer |
Philip Fox (March 7, 1878 – July 21, 1944) was an American astronomer and an officer in the U.S. Army. He was the first director of the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, the first planetarium in the western hemisphere.
Fox was born and raised in Manhattan, Kansas by Simeon and Esther (née Butler) Fox. He attended Kansas State University, where he earned a B.S. in mathematics in 1897. The next year he enlisted in the U.S. Army and fought in the Philippines with the 20th Kansas during the Spanish American War. When he was mustered out in 1899, Fox had achieved a rank of second lieutenant but he was disabled and was expected to die within a year. He recuperated completely, however, thanks to nursing by his mother.
While recovering, Fox earned a master's degree at Kansas State and taught math at St. John's Military School in Salina, Kansas. Invited to Dartmouth College in 1901 by his cousin Ernest Fox Nichols, Fox soon departed for that school, where he earned a second B.S., this time in physics. While at Dartmouth, Edwin Brant Frost persuaded Fox to pursue a career in astronomy, and in 1903 Fox became a Carnegie Research Assistant at Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago. His primary interest at the observatory was in solar research.
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