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n a t i o n a l a c a d e m y o f s c i e n c e s
H o R a c e W e l c o m e B a B c o c K
1 9 1 2 — 2 0 0 3
A Biographical Memoir by
g e o R g e W . p R e s t o n
Any opinions expressed in this memoir are those of the author
and do not necessarily reflect the views of the
National Academy of Sciences.
Biographical Memoir
Copyright 2007
national aCademy of sCienCes
washington , d.C.
photograph by mount Wilson and los campanas observatories
H o Race W elcome Ba B coc K
September 13, 1912−August 29, 2003
B y g e o R g e W. p R e s t o n
oraCe babCoCk ’s Career at the mount Wilson and palomar
H(later, Hale) observatories spanned more than three
decades. during the first 18 years, from 1946 to 1964, he
pioneered the measurement of magnetic fields in stars more
massive than the sun, produced a famously successful model
of the 22-year cycle of solar activity, and invented important
instruments and techniques that are employed throughout
the world to this day. Upon assuming the directorship of
the observatories, he devoted his last 14 years to creating
one of the world’s premier astronomical observatories at las
campanas in the foothills of the chilean andes.
cHildHood and edUcation
Horace Babcock was born in pasadena, california, the
only child of Harold and mary Babcock. Harold met Horace’s
mother, mary Henderson, in Berkeley during his student
days at the college of electrical engineering, University of
california. after brief appointments as a laboratory assis-
tant at the national Bureau of standard
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