Show v v q y V A Or Edward Charles Pickering vho ho recently r honored by the Royal Astronomical society with a gold med mcd il nl for tur his Invaluable work on the Mo hIe stars Is Iy a of the tho famous Timothy Pickering who was adjutant general under Washington In la the Revo Helo Revolution lution nd his s state and war Ir when he was fIlS president He lie was born bom In Inton Boston ton in ISIS and Is now director ll clor of the university observatory which he has hI made one of the foremost In the world This Th Is the second time lie he has hns received a n gold from the great I astronomical agronomical society the thc fit first having I awarded for his photometric re reI marches during which lie be observed and catalogued thou mind stars |