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Sharpless is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bevan Sharpless, solar system astronomer *Karl Barry Sharpless, American chemist and Nobel prize winner *Josh Sharpless, baseball player *Christopher Sharpless, 1988 Winter Olympics bobsledder *Mattie R. Sharpless (born 1942), American diplomat *Stewart Sharpless, galactic astronomer **Sharpless catalog, a 20th-century astronomical catalog with 313 items *Isaac Sharpless, educator *Norman Sharpless, American oncologist and director of the National Cancer Institute *Disappearance of Toni Sharpless, an American nurse who disappeared in 2009 Fictional characters *A character in Madama Butterfly See also *Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation, a chemical reaction *Sharpless epoxidation, a chemical reaction *Sharpless oxyamination, a chemical reaction {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bevan Sharpless
Bevan Percival Sharpless (August 2, 1904 – October 28, 1950) was an American astronomer, best known for his 1944 discovery that the orbit of Phobos was decaying. Early life Sharpless was born to Ethel Mae Bevan and Albert Wayne Sharpless on August 2, 1904, in Chester Heights, Pennsylvania, the only child of the marriage. He attended Swarthmore High School then Swarthmore College, graduating in 1926 with an A.B. degree in mathematics. In 1923, he traveled with a group from the college to Yerbanis, Mexico to witness an eclipse of September 10, 1923, and again to New Haven, Connecticut, to observe the solar eclipse of January 24, 1925. He married Ethel May Gamble (1904-2002) on September 10, 1927, in Glenolden, Pennsylvania. Early career For two years after graduation, Sharpless worked as an actuary. He received a temporary appointment with the United States Naval Observatory on August 16, 1928; this became a permanent appointment as a junior astronomer on January 16, 1929. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
