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209:, giving values of the solar rotation at high levels in different latitudes and at different phases of the solar cycle. Work continued until 1950 when the observatory closed and he presented some of his instruments to the 952: 1098: 831: 261:
on 4 September 1906 at Claughton near Scarborough, Yorkshire. Following the death of his wife in 1949 he married Margaret Randall in 1950. He died in
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of special design and another with high-dispersion liquid prism. He continued to study the wave-lengths of H and K lines in
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Some Problems of Astronomy (XIV The Displacement of the Lines of the Solar Spectrum Towards the Red).
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to John and Sophia (née Price) Evershed. He made the discovery which bears his name while at
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Displacement of the Lines in the Solar Spectrum and Einstein's Prediction.
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in 1909. After retirement in 1923 he set up a private observatory at
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at Herstmonceux. In the autumn of 1890 was a founding member of the
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A New Arrangement of Prisms for a Solar Prominence Spectroscope.
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FRAS (26 February 1864 – 17 November 1956) was an English
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Some recent attempts to photograph the Faculae and Prominences.
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Recipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
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The Displacement of the Cyanogen Bands in the Solar Spectrum.
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in 1910 and named it after Evershed who had collected the
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The Displacement of the Solar Lines Reflected by Venus.
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The General Shift of Fraunhofer Lines Towards the Red.
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The Positive-on-Negative Method of Measuring Spectra.
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Dante and Mediaeval Astronomy (with Evershed, M. A.).
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
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The Problem of the Red Shift in the Solar Spectrum.
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The Einstein Effect and the Eclipse of 1919 May 29.
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The Rumford Spectrograph of the Yerkes Observatory.
291:Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 279:specimen. In 2015 his archive was acquired by the 522:The Distribution of the Solar Prominence of 1891. 517:Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 1070: 797:The Central Intensities of the Fraunhofer Lines. 761:The Central Intensities of the Fraunhofer Lines. 475:Terrestrial Magnetic Disturbances and Sun-spots. 755:Recent Work at Arcetri (with Evershed, M. A.). 427:Absorption Markings in “K” Spectroheliograms. 421:Absorption Markings in “K” Spectroheliograms. 225:In 1894 Evershed was elected a Fellow of the 924:The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers 439:Luminous Halos surrounding Shadows of Heads. 231:Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society 120:Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society 713:The Relativity Shift in the Solar Spectrum. 433:Butterfly Migration in Relation to Mimicry. 245:is named in his honor. He was awarded as a 999:Snedegar, Keith (2014). "Evershed, John". 725:The Einstein Effect in the Solar Spectrum. 695:The Pulsation Theory of Cepheid Variables. 499:Photographic Studies of Solar Prominences. 844: 469:The Magnetic Storm of August 11–12, 1919. 1034:A list of butterflies of the Palni hills 1001:Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers 998: 821: 587:Water-Vapour Lines in the Spot-Spectrum. 791:Spectrum Lines in Chromospheric Flares. 785:The Magnetic Effect in Sunspot Spectra. 534:The Cause of the Darkness of Sun Spots. 481:Optical Definition and Resolving Power. 1071: 920: 817: 815: 813: 463:Observations of Nova Aquilæ in India. 457:Scarcity of Wasps in Kashmir in 1916. 220: 866: 864: 593:Sun-spots and the Solar Temperature. 257:Evershed married fellow astronomer 13: 810: 14: 1115: 1045: 861: 1094:20th-century British astronomers 689:Calcium Clouds in the Milky Way. 653:Anomalous Dispersion in the Sun. 641:Anomalous Dispersion in the Sun. 611:Pressure in the Reversing Layer. 599:Pressure in the Reversing Layer. 575:Sun-Spots and Solar Temperature. 252: 215:British Astronomical Association 173:, a phenomenon now known as the 953:"Library and Archive Catalogue" 743:The Height of the Chromosphere. 737:The Height of the Chromosphere. 286: 165:. He was the first to observe 1025: 992: 967: 945: 914: 897:"1957MNRAS.117..253. Page 253" 889: 872:"1957MNRAS.117..254. Page 254" 563:Sun-Spots and Magnetic Storms. 247:Companion of the Indian Empire 1: 1009:10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_431 975:"1998JAHH....1...45B Page 45" 803: 779:Sunspots and Magnetic Storms. 773:Obituary: George Ellery Hale. 605:Radial Movement in Sun-spots. 581:Helium Absorption in the Sun. 403:A Remarkable Flight of Birds. 229:, in 1918 he was awarded the 1104:Fellows of the Royal Society 731:Stationary Calcium in Space. 623:Radium and the Chromosphere. 513:vol. 120 (1927), p. 876 507:vol. 116 (1925), p. 395 495:vol. 112 (1923), p. 901 483:vol. 110 (1922), p. 179 477:vol. 108 (1921), p. 566 471:vol. 104 (1920), p. 436 465:vol. 102 (1918), p. 105 382:vol. 111 (1951), p. 216 376:vol. 110 (1950), p. 164 370:vol. 109 (1949), p. 177 346:vol. 105 (1945), p. 122 328:vol. 100 (1940), p. 298 180: 7: 979:articles.adsabs.harvard.edu 901:articles.adsabs.harvard.edu 876:articles.adsabs.harvard.edu 799:vol. 69 (1949), p. 109 787:vol. 65 (1944), p. 190 775:vol. 61 (1938), p. 163 769:vol. 60 (1937), p. 266 763:vol. 56 (1933), p. 275 757:vol. 55 (1932), p. 254 751:vol. 49 (1926), p. 369 745:vol. 48 (1925), p. 146 727:vol. 46 (1923), p. 299 721:vol. 45 (1922), p. 296 715:vol. 44 (1921), p. 243 709:vol. 43 (1920), p. 153 703:vol. 42 (1919), p. 339 697:vol. 42 (1919), p. 124 679:vol. 41 (1918), p. 443 673:vol. 41 (1918), p. 371 667:vol. 40 (1917), p. 407 661:vol. 40 (1917), p. 269 655:vol. 39 (1916), p. 432 649:vol. 39 (1916), p. 392 637:vol. 37 (1914), p. 388 631:vol. 37 (1914), p. 124 625:vol. 35 (1912), p. 360 619:vol. 34 (1911), p. 440 607:vol. 32 (1909), p. 291 601:vol. 32 (1909), p. 254 595:vol. 32 (1909), p. 135 589:vol. 32 (1909), p. 101 583:vol. 31 (1908), p. 212 577:vol. 31 (1908), p. 462 571:vol. 27 (1904), p. 164 565:vol. 27 (1904), p. 129 559:vol. 25 (1902), p. 272 553:vol. 25 (1902), p. 198 489:vol. 111 (1923), p. 13 459:vol. 99 (1917), p. 185 453:vol. 96 (1915), p. 369 447:vol. 95 (1915), p. 286 441:vol. 90 (1913), p. 592 435:vol. 89 (1912), p. 659 429:vol. 87 (1911), p. 111 423:vol. 86 (1911), p. 348 417:vol. 58 (1898), p. 619 411:vol. 56 (1897), p. 444 405:vol. 52 (1895), p. 508 399:vol. 48 (1893), p. 268 364:vol. 108 (1948), p. 78 358:vol. 107 (1947), p. 81 352:vol. 106 (1946), p. 59 340:vol. 103 (1943), p. 84 334:vol. 102 (1942), p. 94 322:vol. 98 (1938), p. 296 316:vol. 97 (1937), p. 327 310:vol. 96 (1936), p. 337 304:vol. 95 (1935), p. 379 298:vol. 94 (1934), p. 318 249:on his retirement in 1923. 235:Fellow of the Royal Society 211:Royal Greenwich Observatory 201:, Surrey and built a large 10: 1120: 793:vol. 68 (1948), p. 67 781:vol. 63 (1940), p. 47 739:vol. 48 (1925), p. 45 733:vol. 47 (1924), p. 53 685:vol. 42 (1919), p. 51 643:vol. 39 (1916), p. 59 542:vol. 7 (1897), p. 331 536:vol. 7 (1897), p. 190 530:vol. 3 (1893), p. 269 524:vol. 2 (1892), p. 174 493:An Uncommon Type of Cloud. 487:The Green Flash at Sunset. 393:vol. 37 (1887), p. 79 380:Report of his Observatory. 374:Report of his Observatory. 368:Report of his Observatory. 362:Report of his Observatory. 356:Report of his Observatory. 350:Report of his Observatory. 344:Report of his Observatory. 338:Report of his Observatory. 332:Report of his Observatory. 326:Report of his Observatory. 320:Report of his Observatory. 314:Report of his Observatory. 308:Report of his Observatory. 302:Report of his Observatory. 296:Report of his Observatory. 227:Royal Astronomical Society 827:"John Evershed 1864-1956" 691:vol. 42 (191), p. 85 259:Mary Acworth Orr Evershed 146: 136: 129: 106: 101:Mary Acworth Orr Evershed 96: 75: 56: 30: 23: 1056:Astrophysics Data System 921:Hockey, Thomas (2009). 719:The Spectrum of Sirius. 665:Day and Night "Seeing". 846:10.1098/rsbm.1957.0004 501:116 (1925), p. 30 281:Science Museum, London 269:described a butterfly 195:Kodaikanal Observatory 701:The Moon in Daylight. 451:A Question of Albedo. 185:Evershed was born in 1089:People from Gomshall 409:The Corona Spectrum. 397:The Corona Spectrum. 929:Springer Publishing 557:The Flash-Spectrum. 551:The Flash-Spectrum. 233:. He was elected a 823:Stratton, F. J. M. 647:Large Prominences. 613:vol. 32 (1909), p. 511:The ‘Green Flash’. 272:Thoressa evershedi 237:in May, 1915. The 221:Awards and honours 16:English astronomer 1018:978-1-4419-9916-0 938:978-0-387-31022-0 505:Letter to Editor. 391:The Chromosphere. 203:spectroheliograph 150: 149: 131:Scientific career 1111: 1039: 1038: 1029: 1023: 1022: 996: 990: 989: 987: 985: 971: 965: 964: 962: 960: 949: 943: 942: 918: 912: 911: 909: 907: 893: 887: 886: 884: 882: 868: 859: 858: 848: 819: 749:The Green Flash. 546:The Observatory 445:The Green Flash. 415:Solar Radiation. 63: 60:17 November 1956 41:26 February 1864 40: 38: 21: 20: 1119: 1118: 1114: 1113: 1112: 1110: 1109: 1108: 1069: 1068: 1048: 1043: 1042: 1031: 1030: 1026: 1019: 997: 993: 983: 981: 973: 972: 968: 958: 956: 955:. 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Index

Gomshall
Surrey
Ewhurst, Surrey
Evershed effect
Evershed crater
Mary Acworth Orr Evershed
FRS
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
Astronomy
CIE
FRS
astronomer
radial motions
sunspots
Evershed effect
Gomshall
Surrey
Kodaikanal Observatory
Ewhurst
spectroheliograph
prominences
Royal Greenwich Observatory
British Astronomical Association
Royal Astronomical Society
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
Fellow of the Royal Society
Evershed crater
Moon
Companion of the Indian Empire
Mary Acworth Orr Evershed

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