Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Fox, Philip, collection
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| Notes: | This collection contains a recording which requires reformatting for access. The remainder of the collection is open for research.
Philip Fox received BS and MS degrees in mathematics from Kansas State University, and a second BS in physics from Dartmouth College. In 1903, Fox joined the University of Chicago's Yerkes Observatory as a Carnegie Research Assistant and instructor in astrophysics. He completed graduate studies in astronomy in at the University of Berlin in 1905, and received a PhD in astronomy from the University of Chicago in 1906. He became Director of Northwestern University's Dearborn Observatory in 1909, and served as chair of the University's Department of Astronomy. In 1929, he was named the first Director of Chicago's Adler Planetarium. Fox served as Director of the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry from 1937 to 1942. In addition to his academic career, Fox served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War, and the First and Second World Wars. He commanded the Army Signal Corps and the Army Electronics Center at Harvard in 1942 and 1943, and taught briefly at Harvard after leaving the army.
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| Summary: | Consists of sixteen notebooks of astronomical observations and calculations in Berlin and at Yerkes Observatory and Dearborn Observatory, photographs and a recording.
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| Cite as: | When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Fox, Philip. Notebooks, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
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| Cumulative Index / Finding Aids Note: | Finding aid available in the Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library, 1100 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637.
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