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One of his main discoveries was that the sun had a sunspot cycle of twenty two years. He graduated from MIT in 1890, and started the <i>Astrophysical Journal</i> in 1895. He was the first astronomer to be referred to as an astrophysicist. He held the position of Chairman on Solar Research for the National Academy of Sciences. In 1899 he helped found the American Astronomical Society. He was instrumental in the creation of the Yerkes Observatory 40 inch Refractor telescope. He founded the Mount Wilson Observatory and was its director until 1923. Hale worked to create Palomar Observatory, and in 1928 Caltech received a grant from the International Education Board. Work began on a 200-inch Pyrex glass disk to be used in the telescope at Palomar Observatory. Unfortunately Hale died before he was able to see the creation of the Hale telescope. Palomar Observatory was completed in 1948 and its telescope was named after him. <p><b>Father:</b> William Ellery Hale (salesman)<br><b>Mother:</b> Mary Scranton Browne<br><b>Sister:</b> Martha<br><b>Brother:</b> William<br><b>Wife:</b> Evelina Conklin<br><b>Daughter:</b> Margaret Hale<br><p> Administrator: Director, Mount Wilson Observatory (1904-23)<br><p> <a href="/honors/429/000072213/">Rumford Prize</a> 1902<br> <a href="/honors/854/000117503/">Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal</a> 1904<br> <a href="/honors/753/000167252/">Henry Draper Medal</a> 1904<br> <a href="/honors/276/000099976/">Bruce Medal</a> 1916<br> <a href="/honors/763/000072547/">Copley Medal</a> 1932<br> <a href="/lists/919/000095634/">Asteroid Namesake</a> 1042 Hale<br> <a href="/lists/882/000173363/">Martian Crater</a> Hale<br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Depths of the Universe</i> (<tt>1924</tt>)<br><i>Beyond the Milky Way</i> (<tt>1926</tt>)<br><i>Signals From the Stars</i> (<tt>1931</tt>)<br><p> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=36564" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>