Dear
readers of Skywatchers
I
want to thank you for visiting my blog, and especially the considerable number
of you who return more than once. I am
also gratified that many new readers find this site. Both groups add about 100 visits a month to
the tally of people who have looked in on these biographies since I first
posted one in 2012.
Even
though no new biographies have been posted in months, I have not abandoned writing about
astronomical personalities. I’ve been ‘on
hiatus’ from this blog while writing a book-length biography of Charles Pollard
Olivier, founder of the American Meteor Society; the book will include a
history of his organization to 1936, its 25th anniversary. It will include almost 100 biographies of
amateur meteor astronomers who assisted him from 1911-1936. The book does not
yet have a title that satisfies me, but in this short description of it you
have some idea of its contents. Closer
to the time the book is complete I will post an excerpt from it here.
It
has been interesting to note which of the biographies here have been most
popular with readers from around the world.
By far, Rose O’Halloran’s is a run-away favorite. ‘Lewis Swift and Son’ and ‘Rev. Glanville’
are tied for second place. Of course, all
the biographies are my favorites and it has been my privilege to bring these
deserving people to the attention of a world-wide audience.
Thanks
again for reading ‘Skywatchers.’ Best
wishes,
Richard
Taibi
