Henry Norris Russell

Henry Norris Russell
Born	(1877-10-25)October 25, 1877 Oyster Bay, New York, U.S.
Died	February 18, 1957(1957-02-18) (aged 79) Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma mater	Princeton University
Known for	Hertzsprung–Russell diagram Russell–Saunders term symbol Vogt–Russell theorem
Awards	Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1921) Henry Draper Medal (1922) Bruce Medal (1925) Janssen Medal (French Academy of Sciences) (1936) ForMemRS (1937)[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy
Institutions	Princeton University
Doctoral advisor	Charles Augustus Young[2]
Doctoral students	Harlow Shapley (1913) Donald Howard Menzel (1924) Lyman Spitzer (1938)[2] Frank Bradshaw Wood (1941)

Henry Norris Russell ForMemRS HFRSE FRAS (October 25, 1877 – February 18, 1957) was an American astronomer who, along with Ejnar Hertzsprung, developed the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (1910). In 1923, working with Frederick Saunders, he developed Russell–Saunders coupling, which is also known as LS coupling.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}