page_title: Pritchett College
section_title: Morrison Observatory
hierarchical_section_title: Pritchett College / Morrison Observatory
caption_attribution_description: English: Pencil drawing "Pritchett Observatory Glasgow Mo." by A.B. Greene. Greene was a late 19th century commercial artist from St. Louis who specialized in ink and pencil drawings of architecture, landscapes, and portraits. This drawing depicts the Pritchett College Morrison Observatory in Glasgow, Missouri in 1875, the same year it opened.Title: Pencil Drawing "Pritchett Observatory Glasgow Mo." by A.B. Greene
context_page_description: Pritchett College was a small institution that operated in Glasgow, Missouri from 1866 until 1922. It was founded as Pritchett School Institute and became known as Pritchett College after 1897.
context_section_description: C. W. Pritchett secured a generous donation in 1874 from Berenice Morrison to purchase equipment and construct a building for the Morrison Astronomical Observatory. Work began in early 1875 and a telescope was mounted within a year. Dr. Pritchett continued as director of the observatory following the end of his presidency and served until September, 1905. He conducted some remarkable research with the assistance of his two sons and others. Many have claimed that Pritchett discovered the "Great Red Spot". In fact, he made observations of the Spot, but did not discover it. Observations of the  are probably the best known, and Dr. Pritchett was designated as a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society of England.   
  The observatory was not used after 1907 and  was eventually moved to Central College in Fayette, Missouri in 1936.
caption: A drawing by A. B. Greene depicts the Pritchett College Morrison Observatory in Glasgow, Missouri in 1875
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