Louis Agricola Bauer

Louis Agricola Bauer (January 26, 1865 – April 12, 1932)[1] was an American geophysicist, astronomer and magnetician.

Louis Agricola Bauer
1910
Born(1865-01-26)January 26, 1865
Cincinnati, Ohio
DiedApril 12, 1932(1932-04-12) (aged 67)
Washington, D.C.
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materUniversity of Cincinnati
Known forTerrestrial Magnetism
Scientific career
FieldsGeophysics, Astronomy
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Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1888, and he immediately started work for the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. During 1895-1896, he was instructor in mathematical physics at the University of Chicago, after which he worked in various positions at different locations. The most important of these was as the first director of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism of the Carnegie Institution of Washington,[1] which was established in 1904. In this position, he set up and carried out a large-scale program of two and a half decades to map the Earth's magnetic field on land and at sea in an attempt to provide accurate, up-to-date information about this important feature.

In 1910, Bauer received the Prix Charles Lagrange from the Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique.[2] He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1912.[3] He died in Washington, D.C. at the age of 67.[1]

Bibliography

His writings include:

  • Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Wesens der Säcularvariation des Erdmagnetismus (1895)
  • Vertical Earth-Air Electric Currents (1897)
  • United States Magnetic Tables and Magnetic Charts for 1905 (1908)
  • Land-Magnetic Observations, 1905-1910 (1913)

References
  1. "Louis Agricola Bauer Papers, 1892–1939" (PDF). Carnegie Legacy Project. Carnegie Institution for Science. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  2. "Belgian Prize for Dr. L.A. Bauer" (PDF). The New York Times. December 16, 1910.
  3. "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved May 28, 2011.


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