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Albert Whitford
Albert Edward Whitford (October 22, 1905 – March 28, 2002) was an American physicist and astronomer. He served as director of the Mount Wilson Observatory and the Lick Observatory.
==Early life==
Whitford was born in Milton, Wisconsin, the son of Alfred and Mary Whitford.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Albert Edward Whitford )〕 He earned his B.A. from Milton College (1926) and his PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1932).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Albert E. Whitford Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Emeritus Santa Cruz )〕
While studying physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he worked as an assistant to astronomer Joel Stebbins helping him in his study of photoelectric photometry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Albert Edward Whitford )〕 Whitford developed a device for measuring small currents from photoelectric cells, which allowed them to measure fainter stars.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Albert Edward Whitford )〕 He decided to become an astronomer and spent two years at Caltech and Mount Wilson Observatory as a postdoctoral fellow.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/inmemoriam/albertwhitford.htm )〕
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