Please answer the following question: What key details about theodore dunham , jr. . can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: theodore dunham , jr. -lrb- december 17 , 1897 -- april 3 , 1984 -rrb- was an american astronomer and physicist . he was born in new york city , the first-born son of theodore dunham , a surgeon , and josephine balestier . he was educated at the private schools st. bernard 's school and browning school , both in new york . at harvard university he studied chemistry and graduated '' summa cum laude '' in 1921 with an a.b. . his graduate work was at cornell university , where he was awarded his m.d. in 1925 . he then studied physics at princeton university , earning an a.m. in 1926 and a ph.d. in 1927 . he was married to miriam phillips thompson in 1926 , and the couple would have two children . in 1928 he joined the staff of mount wilson observatory , where he would remain until 1947 . in 1932 , together with walter s. adams , they discovered that the atmosphere of venus contained carbon dioxide under high pressure . two years later in 1934 , the two found that the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere of mars was less than one percent of the amount over a comparable area on earth . in 1936 he became the scientific director of the fund for astrophysical research , and would hold that position for the remainder of his life . during world war ii he served in the office of scientific research and development , where he was chief of the optical instrument section . beginning in 1946 , he performed medical research into the application of physical methods . he was at the harvard medical school until 1948 as a warren fellow in surgery , before moving to university of rochester . between 1948 and 1957 he developed tools that could be used for spectrophotometric analysis of locations within a biological cell . he joined the australian national university faculty in 1957 . he became a senior research fellow at the university of tasmania in 1965 , before returning to the united states in 1970 . there he rejoined the harvard college observatory . he died at his home in chocorua , new hampshire . in his honor , the fund for...
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- death place is chocorua , new hampshire- work institutions is mount wilson observatory- death date is 3 april 1984- field is astronomy , physics- birth date is 17 december 1897- name is theodore dunham , jr. .- image size is 150px- nationality is united states- birth place is new york city , new york- alma mater is dartmouth college