Henry Norris Russell

Prof Henry Norris Russell ForMemRS HFRSE FRAS (October 25, 1877 – February 18, 1957) was an American astronomer who, along with Ejnar Hertzsprung, helped create the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (1910). In 1923, working with Frederick Saunders, he developed Russell–Saunders coupling, which is also known as LS coupling. This concerns the way electrons interact in light atoms.

Awards and honors
 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1921)
 Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1921)
 Lalande Prize (1922)
 Henry Draper Medal from the National Academy of Sciences (1922)
 Bruce Medal (1925)
 Rumford Prize (1925)
 Franklin Medal (1934)
 Janssen Medal from the French Academy of Sciences (1936)
 Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1937)
 Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1938)
 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1946)
 asteroid 1762 Russell

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Category:1877 births
Category:1957 deaths
Category:People from New York (state)
Category:American astronomers
Category:American astrophysicists
Category:Princeton University alumni
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Category:Foreign Members of the Royal Society