DIRECTOR OF THE OBSERVATORY AT FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA; NON-RESIDENT
PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY AT THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY; FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES;
MEMBRE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ ASTRONOMIQUE DE FRANCE; MEMBER OF THE
ASTRONOMICAL AND ASTROPHYSICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA; MITGLIED
DER ASTRONOMISCHE GESELLSCHAFT; MEMBRE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ
BELGE D’ASTRONOMIE; HONORARY MEMBER OF THE SOCIEDAD
ASTRONOMICA DE MEXICO; JANSSEN MEDALLIST OF THE
SOCIÉTÉ ASTRONOMIQUE DE FRANCE, 1904, FOR
RESEARCHES ON MARS; MEDALLIST OF THE
SOCIEDAD ASTRONOMICA DE MEXICO FOR
STUDIES ON MARS, 1908

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1909

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