Charles Augustus Young one of the foremost solar spectroscopist astronomers in the United States. He observed solar eclipses and worked on spectroscopy of the Sun. He observed a solar flare with a spectroscope on 3 August 1872, and also noted that it coincided with a magnetic storm on Earth.
- Occupation
- astronomer, physicist, university teacher, meteorological observer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- December 15, 1834
- Died
- January 3, 1908