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George Mary Searle (June 27, 1839 – July 7, 1918) was an American astronomer and Catholic priest.

Asteroids discovered: 1 [1]

55 Pandora

September 10, 1858

Biography

He discovered the asteroid 55 Pandora in 1858.[2] He also discovered six galaxies. In later life he became a member of the Paulist order and taught at The Catholic University of America.

In 1905, Searle published his idea for a possible reform of the Gregorian Calendar. The plan was to have every new year beginning on Sunday, in order to achieve a perennial calendar. In common years the new calendar would have 52 weeks exactly, or 364 days, with February shortened to 27 days. In leap years, there would be 53 weeks, or 371 days. The extra week would be added as a holiday week, between April and May. Leap years would occur every fifth year, except for years divisible by 50, and except for one other 5th year in 400. The result would be a calendar with 20,871 weeks in 400 years, equal to the Gregorian Calendar.

In 1916, he wrote a book denouncing the Christian Science of Mary Baker Eddy.

Publications

• Plain Facts for Fair Minds: An Appeal to Candor and Common Sense (1900)
• Talks for the Times: Indifferentism, Revelation, the Catholic Church and Science, the Friend of True Progress, the Purpose of Life (1912)
• Why the Catholic Church Cannot Accept Socialism (1913)
• The Truth About Christian Science (1916)

See also

• List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics
• Leap week calendar

References

• The Catholic Encyclopedia and Its Makers (1917), p. 157; archive.org.
• George M. Searle, C.S.P., "A Possible Calendar," The Catholic World, A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science (Nov. 1 1905), p. 239.

External links

• A Possible Calendar
• George Mary Searle on Findagrave.com

На других языках

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[de] George Mary Searle

George Mary Searle (* 27. Juni 1839 in London; † 27. Juni 1918) war ein US-amerikanischer Astronom und Geistlicher.

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- [en] George Mary Searle

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[fr] George Mary Searle

George Mary Searle (Londres, 27 juin 1839 – New York, 27 juin 1918) est un astronome américain. Il a découvert un astéroïde et 6 galaxies. Il a enseigné à la Catholic University of America.

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[it] George Mary Searle

George Mary Searle (Londra, 27 giugno 1839 – New York, 7 luglio 1918) è stato un astronomo statunitense di nascita britannico.

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[ru] Сирл, Джордж Мэри

Джордж Мэри Сирл (англ. George Mary Searle; 27 июня 1839 (1839-06-27) — 7 июля 1918) — американский католический священник, астроном и первооткрыватель астероидов, который в работал в обсерватории Дадли. В сентябре 1858 года им был обнаружил астероид (55) Пандора, который стал его первым и единственным открытым астероидом. Кроме того является первооткрывателем 6 галактик. Впоследствии преподавал в «Католическом университете Америки».

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