Carpenter, Edwin F.

Born: Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1 November 1898

Died: Tucson, Arizona, USA, 11 February 1963

Edwin Carpenter discovered the archetypal flare star UV Ceti (1948). He earned his undergraduate degree at Harvard University in 1922 and in 1925 received a University of California Ph.D. for work done at Lick Observatory. Also in 1925 he joined the Department of Astronomy at the University of Arizona. In 1938 Carpenter succeeded