Alfred Harrison Joy [SEP] place of death
Alfred Harrison Joy
Alfred Harrison Joy (September 23, 1882, Greenville, Illinois – April 18, 1973, Pasadena, California) was an astronomer best known for his work on stellar distances, the radial motion of stars, and variable stars.
A crater on the moon has been named in his honor.
Early years.
He was born in Greenville, Illinois, the son of F.P. Joy, a prominent clothing merchant in Greenville and one-time mayor of the town. He received a BA from
Harrison (d.1881), from whom it passed to his son Sidney Harrison. One of his younger sons was Frederic Harrison, the historian, who wrote the definitive history of Sutton Place. The Harrison family spent much care and money on preserving the house. From 1900, the tenant was Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (d.1922)
Descent of the manor 1904–18: Witham.
On the death of Francis Salvin in 1904, the estate passed to his niece's son Philip Witham, a solicitor, who died in 1921