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 CWP at physics.UCLA.edu // Sarah Whiting
Whiting built a weather station where her students served as volunteers for the U.S. Weather Bureau.
In 1876, Whiting was appointed Professor of Physics at Wellesley and given two years to study instructional methods in physics and prepare to establish a physics department.
Whiting used what she saw there to establish a similar laboratory at Wellesley College.
www.physics.ucla.edu /~cwp/Phase2/Whiting,_Sarah_Frances@944123456.html   (391 words)

  
 Beers: Whiting p. 149   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
John Whiting, his father, was born in 1820, at Portsmouth, England, where he was educated and reared to mercantile business.
Walter L. Whiting, the subject proper of this sketch, was born at Washington, this county, January 13, 1862, and received a liberal education at the public schools.
Whiting was married to Frances, eldest daughter of the late Edward Little, of Washington.
www.chartiers.com /beers-project/articles/whiting-149.html   (399 words)

  
 News on Whiting, New Jersey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Whiting and Hammond's Robertsdale residents are understandably up in arms over the invasion of a group of thugs known as the Spanish Gangster Disciples.
Whiting coach Joey Pokraka is pretty clear on what he expects from Becca Papach, one of the leading scorers in the area last year.
WHITING — A Whiting woman has been formally charged with felony battery for allegedly stabbing her husband with a kitchen knife.
us.za-news.com /New_Mexico/Whiting.html   (5681 words)

  
 Cooke Genealogy
Henry Fitzhugh, son of Col. William Fitzhugh and Sarah Tucker, 24 Feb 1718; she died 21 Nov 1749 at age 55.
Frances Whiting was born on 17 Dec 1713.
She married Capt. Mordecai Cooke, son of Mordecai Cooke and Frances Whiting, on 6 Nov 1735; 1st husband.
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 Facilities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Professor Whiting learned that the telescope she had used and loved so many years prior was for sale, and suggested it as the centerpiece of an observatory for the College.
Mrs Sarah Whitin, a trustee of the College, enthusiastically agreed to finance the project.
The Hale spectrohelioscope, installed in 1934, was donated by Miss Elizabeth Phoebe Whiting in memory of her sister, Professor Sarah Frances Whiting (1846-1927), first Director of the Observatory.
www.wellesley.edu /Astronomy/facilities.htm   (1112 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
'''Sarah Frances Whiting''' (August 23, 1847 – September 12, 1927), United States US physicist and astronomer, was the instructor to several astronomers, including Annie Jump Cannon.
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 W-Z - Women in Astronomy: A Comprehensive Bibliography (Science Reference Services,Libraryof Congress)
Bailey, Martha J. Whiting, Sarah Frances (1847-1927), physicist.
Packer, Joan G. Sarah Frances Whiting (1847-1927), astronomer, physicist.
Wright, Frances W. "Constant vigilance." Conversations taped and transcribed by Charles A. Whitney during 1986-87.
www.loc.gov /rr/scitech/womenastro/womenastro-wz.html   (680 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Sarah Frances Whiting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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 Whiting in East Lyme, Montville area
Looking for the parents or any relative of James Whiting who was supposed to be born around 1799 in Norwich, CT. He married Saloma Tillotson of East Lyme, CT. and had the following children....
Lucy Whiting (married Ebenezer Tiffany, Jr.), Mary Whiting, Sarah Whiting, Elizabeth Whiting, Ann Whiting, James Monroe Whiting (married Helen M. Tinker), and Orin H. Whiting(married 1st.
Varence James Whiting (married Katherine E. Hoxie, Evin M. Whiting (married Mary A. Simarids), Bertha Irene Whiting (married Albion Holmes), and Alma L. Whiting (married Halleck Leech Gillette).
www.jenforum.com /whiting/messages/178.html   (121 words)

  
 Pioneers
Children were: James Frank Barnhart, Sarah Elizabeth Barnhart, Adelbert Barnhart, Mary F Barnhart.
He was married to Sarah Elizabeth Safreed on 10 Apr 1880 in Jackson Co, WV.
Sarah Melissa Morehouse was born on 8 Aug 1844 in Allegheny Co, NY.
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 APS - 2005 APS March Meeting PostDeadline - Event - Sarah Frances Whiting: Foremother of American Women Physicists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Abstract: L19.00006 : Sarah Frances Whiting: Foremother of American Women Physicists
Sarah Frances Whiting taught physics and astronomy at Wellesley College for 40 years.
After receiving her A.B. degree in 1864, she taught math and classics at a girls' secondary school, and independently studied the science that had attracted her interest.
meetings.aps.org /Meeting/MAR05/Event/23008   (183 words)

  
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 LCGS (Ohio) Projects - Evergreen Cemetery Sec. 1 Rows 1-7 - Painesville
Eli and Sarah E. Bond/ Died Nov. 26, 1834, Aged 20 Years./ Leut.
Tisdel, Sarah E. Sarah E. see Tisdel Mon.
Tisdel, Sarah D. Sarah D. see Tisdel Mon.
www.rootsweb.com /~ohlcgs/painesville/evr01_0107.html   (861 words)

  
 September 12 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1940 - Cave paintings discovered in Lascaux, France
1494 - King Francis I of France (d.
1927 - Sarah Frances Whiting, physicist and astronomer (b.
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 Encyclopedia: 23 August   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
1754 - King Louis XVI of France (d.
1847 - Sarah Frances Whiting, physicist and astronomer (d.
1930 - Michel Rocard, Prime Minister of France
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 LCGS (Ohio) Projects - North Kirtland Cemetery Sec. B, Rows 9-16 - Kirtland
 Smith, Sarah A. SARAH A./ Wife of /G. SMITH/ Died/ April 11, 1853/ Aged 21 years.
SARAH SMITH/ Died/ Dec. 2, 1850/ Aged 83 years
Frances Tryon Whiting/ Oct. 16, 1840 - Mar. 16, 1901
www.rootsweb.com /~ohlcgs/kirtland/nkirtb0916.html   (759 words)

  
 Weather Doctor's Weather History
The contribution of women to American meteorology prior to the Second World War was limited to a few individuals.
A number of outstanding women surpassed the expectations of the day to become noted atmospheric scientists and educators, particularly Sarah Frances Whiting, Grace Evangeline Davis, Mary Murray Hopkins, and Eleanor Stable Brooks.
Prior to America's entry into World War II, the US Weather Bureau ranks listed only two women as observers or forecasters.
www.islandnet.com /~see/weather/history/dtaylor.htm   (462 words)

  
 Re: Frances Avery WHITING and Henry MATHER
In Reply to: Re: Frances Avery WHITING and Henry MATHER by Karlene
Re: Frances Avery WHITING and Henry MATHER Randy 9/24/00
Re: Frances Avery WHITING and Henry MATHER Harry G. Sprague 9/24/00
www.genealogyboard.com /whiting/messages/588.html   (52 words)

  
 (Lillie Mae WHITE - Sarah Frances WHITLOW )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Lloyd R. Lloyd Walter WHITE (12 DEC 1940 -)
Susan Gregory WHITE (8 JAN 1829 - 25 DEC 1891)
Mary Ann WHITING (8 OCT 1806 - 26 JUN 1847)
www.ethington.org /ethingno/index/ind0531.html   (68 words)

  
 THUMBNAIL IMAGES of 4000WS IMAGES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Sarah Frances Whiting, first director of the Wellesley College (Whitin) Observatory
We do not have any photograph of Sarah Whiting at this time but we do have these photographs of the observatory that she helped to establish at Wellesley College (Wellesley, Massachusetts).
WHITIN OBSERVATORY GIFT OF SARAH ELIZABETH WHITIN Trustee of Wellesley College 1896 - 1917 First Director SARAH FRANCES WHITING Professor 1876 - 1916
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 Chronology of Science in the United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The United States Coast Survey was changed to the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
The second college-level teaching laboratory in physics in the country, at Wellesley College, was established by Sarah Frances Whiting (1847-1927).
Her preparation for this undertaking had involved study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where laboratory physics had been established.
home.earthlink.net /~claelliott/chron1870.htm   (3916 words)

  
 Our Ancestors of South Hampton Roads
He was born March 13, 1910, in Stephens City, Va., a son of the late Clarence Edward and Rosa Belle White Cougill Sr.
He lived in Harrisonburg for the past 48 years.
Sarah Maria Whiting COUNE was born on 5 Dec 1803 in Norfolk, Norfolk Co, Virginia.
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 Re: Sarah Whiting, Dedham,Ma.;1660-1732
In Reply to: Re: Sarah Whiting, Dedham,Ma.;1660-1732 by Carol (Whiting) Anders
When my Aunt Louise Whiting Gillespie and Robert Nims did their genealogy, they said that the father of Nathaniel was Timothy [brother of Nathaniel (1st)] beause the information they had stated that Nathaniel(1)
Re: Sarah Whiting, Dedham,Ma.;1660-1732 Jane Donaldson 8/29/98 (
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 Amherst College Biographical Record: Class of 1895
In Y. with A. F., France, 1918-19; director of publicity Rochester dist., Liberty Loan campaigns.
of Rev. Erastus William (A. and Sarah Frances (Garlock), b.
of Mason Whiting (A. and Eliza Margaret (Schroeder), b.
www.amherst.edu /~rjyanco/genealogy/acbiorecord/1895.html   (4907 words)

  
 COLBY FAMILY & OTHERS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Sarah STRINGHAM was born on 15 MAY 1904 in Vermillion, Sevier County, Utah.
Parents: Jacob Albert STRINGHAM and Anna Rose HARMON.
Sarah STRINGHAM was born in 1709 in Flushing, Queens County, New York.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~colby/colbyfam/d558.html   (2378 words)

  
 Person of the Week: Annie Jump Cannon
She came to Wellesley College five years after it opened, partly because of the scientific training it offered.
Professor of Physics and Astronomy Sarah Frances Whiting's enthusiasm for spectroscopy - recording stars - inspired Cannon.
In 1892 Cannon did a grand tour of Europe, taking photos with a new box camera.
www.wellesley.edu /Anniversary/cannon.html   (285 words)

  
 Week 7 Readings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A typical example is the obituary written for Science by Sarah Frances Whiting:
For published descriptions of their contents, see Sarah Frances Whiting, "The Tulse Hill Observatory Diaries," Popular Astronomy 25 (1917): 158-163; and Julie Morgan, "The Huggins Archives at Wellesley College," Journal for the History of Astronomy 11 (1980): 147.
See also, Whiting, "Margaret Lindsay Huggins," Astrophysical Journal 42 (1915): 1-3; Louise Manning Hodgkins, "Lady Huggins: Astronomer," The Christian Advocate (October 21, 1915): 1417-1418; H. Newall, "Dame Margaret Lindsay Huggins," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 76 (1916): 278-282; Ogilvie, "Marital Collaboration," 110.
www.eee.uci.edu /clients/bjbecker/ExploringtheCosmos/week7b.html   (8522 words)

  
 (Sarah WEBBEY - Hester YORK )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Jessie WHITE (13 DEC 1879 - 26 APR 1954)
Blanch WHITING (ABT 1865 - ABT APR 1903)
Leah Frances WHITING (1853 - 26 NOV 1930)
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She returned to Wellesley in 1894 for graduate study in mathematics, physics, and astronomy.
She became interested in stellar spectra while studying under Professor Sarah Whiting.
Biographical Sketch of AJC by Sarah Frances Whiting, 1969
www.aip.org /history/ead/harvard_cannon/19990023.xml   (2072 words)

  
 Books By Sarah Whiting - Page 1
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Publisher: Princeton Architectural Pr Authors: Sarah Whiting, Edward Mitchell
Publisher: Mit Pr Authors: Ignasi Sola-Morales Rubio, Sarah Whiting
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