Frederick Slocum - Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

  • Awarded an honorary doctorate of science from Brown in 1938.
  • Elected fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society of London, England, on November 10, 1911.
  • Member of the Société Astronomique de France and the Astronomische Gesellschaft.
  • Member of the National Research Council, 1934–37.
  • The crater Slocum on the Moon is named after him.

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