He worked as an assistant of Prof. Demetrios Eginitis at the National Observatory of Athens, and in 1919, he went to the US with a two-year fellowship, spending part of that time working at Yerkes Observatory. There he met and married Dorothy W. Block. In 1921, he returned to Athens where he became head of the astronomy department of the National Observatory of Athens with a goal to build a large telescope in Greece. However, due to the war between Greece and Turkey during that period and the political instability that followed it soon became evident that the large telescope for the observatory would not materialise.
In September 1923 Dr Paras accepted an offer from Dr Harlow Shapley, to become the Superintendent of the Harvard Observatory's Southern Station. He left this post due to a lack of funding and went to Arequipa, Peru to work at Boyden Station, a branch of Harvard Observatory, with a view to finding a more suitable location for it. The decision was made to move Boyden Station to South Africa due to better weather conditions, and Paraskevopoulos served there as director of Boyden Observatory in South Africa from 1927 to 1951.
^"Astronomy Tree - Timoleon Argyropoulos". academictree.org. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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Obituariesedit
JRASC 45 (1951) 126 (one paragraph)
MNRAS 112 (1952) 277
Nature167 (1951) 753
Obs 71 (1951) 88 (one line)
PASP 63 (1951) 212 (one paragraph)
Sky and Telescope10 (1951) 169
April 16, 2024
john, paraskevopoulos, john, stefanos, paraskevopoulos, june, 1889, march, 1951, also, known, john, paras, greek, south, african, astronomer, circa, 1940, born, piraeus, greece, graduated, from, university, athens, where, obtained, physics, 1910, under, superv. John Stefanos Paraskevopoulos June 20 1889 March 15 1951 also known as John Paras was a Greek and South African astronomer John S Paraskevopoulos circa 1940 He was born in Piraeus Greece and graduated from the University of Athens where he obtained his PhD in physics in 1910 under the supervision of Timoleon A Argyropoulos 1 His thesis was entitled Variability in absorption spectra He served in the Greek army during the Balkan Wars and World War I He worked as an assistant of Prof Demetrios Eginitis at the National Observatory of Athens and in 1919 he went to the US with a two year fellowship spending part of that time working at Yerkes Observatory There he met and married Dorothy W Block In 1921 he returned to Athens where he became head of the astronomy department of the National Observatory of Athens with a goal to build a large telescope in Greece However due to the war between Greece and Turkey during that period and the political instability that followed it soon became evident that the large telescope for the observatory would not materialise In September 1923 Dr Paras accepted an offer from Dr Harlow Shapley to become the Superintendent of the Harvard Observatory s Southern Station He left this post due to a lack of funding and went to Arequipa Peru to work at Boyden Station a branch of Harvard Observatory with a view to finding a more suitable location for it The decision was made to move Boyden Station to South Africa due to better weather conditions and Paraskevopoulos served there as director of Boyden Observatory in South Africa from 1927 to 1951 He co discovered a couple of comets including C 1941 B2 de Kock Paraskevopoulos which became visible with naked eye The crater Paraskevopoulos on the Moon is named after him References edit Astronomy Tree Timoleon Argyropoulos academictree org Retrieved 3 December 2020 External links editDr PARASKEVOPOULOS John StefanosObituaries edit JRASC 45 1951 126 one paragraph MNRAS 112 1952 277 Nature 167 1951 753 Obs 71 1951 88 one line PASP 63 1951 212 one paragraph Sky and Telescope 10 1951 169 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John S Paraskevopoulos amp oldid 1209715828, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
