Loyal Blaine Aldrich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Astrophysicist, astronomer
Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1884
Place of Birth: Wisconsin, United States
Date of Death: 11-Feb-1965
Profession: astronomer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Loyal Blaine Aldrich
- Loyal Blaine Aldrich (November 20, 1884 – February 11, 1965) was an American astrophysicist and astronomer of the Smithsonian Institution.
- Upon graduation from the University of Wisconsin in 1907, Aldrich became a Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory assistant to Charles Greeley Abbot.
- The observatory conducted astrophysical research on solar radiation and the amount of energy from the sun that strikes the outer edge of the earth's atmosphere.
- Abbot became director of the observatory in 1907 and established solar observing stations in the United States, South America, and Africa to carry out research on solar radiation.
- Aldrich became director of the observatory from 1942 to 1955.
- Harvard University astronomy department chairman Fred Lawrence Whipple became director of the observatory when Aldrich retired.
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