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Harold F. Weaver papers, approximately 1945-1982.
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Harold F. Weaver papers, approximately 1945-1982Creator/Contributor:
Weaver, Harold F., creator, creator.Abstract:
Contains research notes, diagrams, charts, off-prints and articles written by Weaver and other authors, notebooks, drafts
of manuscripts including "Cosmic Evolution," transcript of Harold F. Weaver oral history, leaflets of the Astronomical Society
of the Pacific, and course materials.
Date:
1945 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caAstronomers -- California -- Berkeley
Astronomes -- Californie -- Berkeley
Astronomers
California -- Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley. -- Department of Astronomy.
University of California, Berkeley. -- Radio Astronomy Laboratory.
Lick Observatory.
Lick Observatory
Weaver, Harold F -- Archives
Weaver, Harold F
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Gift of Cecile T. Weaver 2018.
Born in 1917, Harold F. Weaver attended the University of California, Berkeley as both an undergraduate and graduate student,
attaining his Ph.D. in 1942. During World War II he worked with the National Defense Research Committee at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, and later at the University of California, Berkeley, Radiation Laboratory. He joined the University
of California's Lick Observatory as a staff member in 1945 before taking a faculty position at Berkeley in 1951. He was instrumental
in establishing the Radio Astronomy Laboratory and served as its founding director from 1958 to 1972. He also served as chair
of the Department of Astronomy during the 1979-1980 academic year. Weaver passed away in 2017.
Harold F. Weaver papers, BANC MSS 2018/264, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
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faculty papers.Archives
Physical Description:
print
16 (10 5
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
UNPROCESSED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via a Special
Collections Request link.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.