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This article is about the American professor and astronomer. For the American university professor and administrator, see
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in 1865, he became a professor at his alma mater, Dartmouth, remaining until 1877 when he went to teach at
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He was a successful educator who wrote a popular and widely used series of
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In 1857, he became the Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at
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Young died of pneumonia after a brief illness, at his home in
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on 3 August 1872, and also noted that it coincided with a
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The New Student's Reference Work/Young, Charles Augustus
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wrote their own two-volume textbook, they entitled it
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Astronomy: A Revision of Young's Manual of Astronomy
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For two years, he taught classes at 652: 353:still remaining in its original location. 140: 534: 349:, which is the oldest observatory in the 118:Learn how and when to remove this message 590:United States Department of the Interior 696:Case Western Reserve University faculty 466:Figuier, Louis; Gautier, Émile (1891). 447:Plaque for one of Charles' discoveries. 686:Deaths from pneumonia in New Hampshire 668: 660:The Papers of Charles Augustus Young 472:L'Année scientifique et industrielle 56:adding citations to reliable sources 27: 581:Geographic Names Information System 568: 13: 490:"Photo: Loomis Observatory Marker" 367:He was elected as a member to the 14: 722: 607: 628: 613: 440: 430:was named in his honor in 1909. 267: 32: 586:United States Geological Survey 343:Case Western Reserve University 43:needs additional citations for 16:American astronomer (1834–1908) 543: 500: 482: 468:"Prix Janssen (médaille d'or)" 459: 369:American Philosophical Society 1: 452: 711:Princeton University faculty 662:at Dartmouth College Library 7: 10: 727: 433: 356:In 1862, he served in the 242:Western Reserve University 18: 706:Dartmouth College faculty 514:The Astrophysical Journal 266: 261: 257: 247: 233: 223: 216: 203: 193: 185: 169: 148: 139: 132: 701:Dartmouth College alumni 509:"Charles Augustus Young" 507:Frost, Edwin B. 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