Wood, Frank Bradshaw, 1915-1997

found: LCCN 63-8638: His Photoelectric astronomy for amateurs, 1963(hdg.: Wood, Frank Bradshaw, 1915- )

found: LC data base, 2-13-85(hdg.: Wood, Frank Bradshaw, 1915- ; usage: F.B. Wood; Frank Bradshaw Wood)

found: George A. Smathers Libraries, Special and Area Studies Collections website, viewed September 3, 2015:University Archives. Finding aids (A Guide to the Frank Bradshaw Wood Papers) Biographical/Historical Note (Frank Bradshaw Wood was born on December 21, 1915 in Jackson, Tennessee. He received his bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Florida in 1936, and completed master's and doctoral degrees at Princeton University in 1940 and 1941 respectively. Dr. Wood served active duty in the United States Naval Reserve between June 1941 and January 1946, at which point he retired with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He proceeded to teach at the University of Arizona, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Florida. He primarily researched interacting binary stars, creating a substantial collection of published works on this topic and others. He was active in a number of scientific organizations, often assuming the role of committee member or officer. Dr. Wood passed away on December 20, 1997 in Gainesville, FL.) - http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/archome/MS115.htm

found: Astronomy & Geophysics, Volume 39 Issue 2, April 1998, Oxford Journals website, viewed online September 3, 2015:Obituaries (Frank Bradshaw Wood, 1915-1997, Fellow of the RAS, researcher and educator; advocate, nationally and internationally, of observational astronomy ... Brad decided to accept an offer of a tenured position from the University of Florida. In 1968 he was appointed Professor and Director of the Optical Observatories.) - http://astrogeo.oxfordjournals.org/content/39/2/2.37.full.pdf+html