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Frank Hagar BIGELOW

Male 1851 - 1924  (72 years)


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  • Name Frank Hagar BIGELOW 
    Born 28 Oct 1851  Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 2 Mar 1924  Vienna, Austria Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13060  bmds
    Last Modified 11 Sep 2013 

    Family Mary Ellen SPALDING,   b. 24 Nov 1857, Calais, Washington, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1924  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 6 Oct 1881  Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Marian Spalding BIGELOW,   b. 29 Apr 1884, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1884, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F5337  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 28 Oct 1851 - Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 6 Oct 1881 - Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Mar 1924 - Vienna, Austria Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Frank Hagar Bigelow was a United States scientist. His mother took an interest in astronomy, and her involvement caught his interest. He was educated at the primary and high school in Concord, in the Boston Latin School, Harvard College (graduated 1873), and at the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and entered orders. For some years he was assistant astronomer in the Argentine National Observatory in Cordoba. This service (1873-76; 1881-83) was interrupted for his theological studies, and for the short time (1880-81) after entering orders he was a rector in Natick, Massachusetts. Later he was professor of mathematics in Racine College, Wisconsin, assistant in the National Almanac office in Washington, D.C., and in 1891 he became professor of meteorology in the United States Weather Bureau in Washington. He was also an assistant rector of St. John’s Church in Washington.
       His name is especially associated with an instrument for the photographic record of the transit of stars and with some novel studies by which the solar corona, the aurora, and terrestrial magnetism are shown to be associated. The theories met with a favorable reception in scientific circles.