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{{Short description|American astronomer (1870–1935)}}
'''Edward Doane Swift''' (24 December 1870 – 25 September 1935 in Buffalo, New York<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74906178/edward-doane-swift|title=Edward Doane Swift (1870-1935) - Find A Grave...|website=www.findagrave.com|access-date=2018-01-13}}</ref>) was an American [[Astronomy:Astronomer|astronomer]]. Like his father Lewis, he was a founder member of the British Astronomical Association in 1890, resigning 1892.

==Early years==
Edward D. Swift was the youngest son of the astronomer [[Biography:Lewis A. Swift|Lewis A. Swift]] and born during his father's second marriage to Caroline Doane Topping. At the age of almost two years, his family moved to Rochester, New York, as his father hoped his hardware business would improve in a larger city.<ref name="usskyhistory">[http://usskyhistory.blogspot.com/2012/06/lewis-swift-and-son.html Skywatchers: LEWIS SWIFT AND SON by Richard Taibi, 2012]</ref>

==Collaboration with father==
The astronomical collaboration between Edward and his father began with the inauguration of a newly built observatory including a sixteen-inch refracting telescope in 1883. In the following years, many of Lewis Swift's publications are brief references to Edward. Most notably, Edward discovered 25 new [[Astronomy:New General Catalogue|NGC]]-objects, 22 new IC-objects, multiple comets and a total of 46 [[Astronomy:Nebula|nebula]]e.<ref name="klima-luft">{{Cite web|url=http://www.klima-luft.de/steinicke/ngcic/persons/swift_e.htm|title=Photos|website=www.klima-luft.de|access-date=2018-01-13}}</ref> He also followed in his father's footsteps by co-discovering the periodic comet 54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT.<ref name="usskyhistory"/>

==See also==
* [[Astronomy:New General Catalogue|New General Catalogue]]

==External links==
* [http://www.klima-luft.de/steinicke/ngcic/persons/swift_e.htm Photo of Edward Swift]

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