Barnard

Edward Emerson, an (American astronomer, born in Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 16, 1857; = at Vanderbilt University in 1887; was astronomer in Lick Observatory, California, in 1887-1895, and then became Profe or of Astronomy in Chicago University and Director of the Yerkes Observatory. His principal discoveries are the fifth satellite of Jupiter in 1892, and 16 comets. He has made photographs ‘ef the oath Way, the comets, nebule, etc. The French Academy of Sciences awarded him the Lelande gold medal in 1892, and the Arago gold medal in 1898, and the Royal Astronomical Society of Great Britain gave him a gold medal in 1897. He is a member of many American and foreign societies, and a contributor to astronomical journals.