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MEMORANDA. 



J24 Washington SthbkTj Boston 8, Mass. 



(Entered at the Post Office, Boston, Mass., 

 as Second piass Mail Matter J 



WEDNESDAY, NOV. 1, 1922 



ROBERT W. WILLSON DEAD 



He Was Professor Emeritus in Astronomi- 

 cal Department of Harvard University 

 and Was Graduate of College, in Class 

 of 73 



Robert Wheeler Willson, professor emeri- 

 tus at Harvard University, where he long- 

 had been closely associated with the astro- 

 nomical department, died early this morn- 

 ing at his home, 0-1 Brattle street, Cam- 

 bridge, where he had long resided. 



Professor Willson was born in West 

 Roxbury, July 20, 1S53, and his parents 

 were Edmund B. an-d Martha A, (Buttrjek) 

 Willson. He was graduated from Harva-M 

 In tlin class of '73, and later studied in 

 'ermany, where he received his Ph. D, at 



urehiirg. lie was assistant at the Arg* n- 

 II 



..e National Observatory for a period be- 

 ginning in 1873, and then came to the Har- 

 vard Observatory. ■ He was tutor in physics 

 at Harvard, from 1S75 to 1881, and then ac- 

 cepted the post of assistant astronomer at 

 tho Winchester Observatory at Yale Uni- 

 versity, He also was instructor in astrqn- 

 omy and physics, and coming back to Har- 

 vard he was professor for some time until 

 being matte professor emeritus in. 1010. 



