2026-10-04 Wikipedia: Frank Washington Very

Born 12 Feb 1852, Salem MA. Died 23 Nov 1927, Cambridge MA. MIT 1873, then taught physics there. Allegheny Observatory (Univ. of Pittsburgh) 1878-1895; professor and chair of astronomy there from 1890. Ladd Observatory, Brown University, acting director 1896-97. Independent researcher until 1906, then director of the Westwood Astrophysical Observatory. The infobox lists "Patrons: Percival Lowell".
Main work: bolometric lunar and planetary temperatures. Langley's 1890 paper used Very's Moon observations "but for unknown reasons omitted his name". Langley-Very infrared data were used by Arrhenius for the first greenhouse-effect calculations. Craters on Mars and the Moon are named after him.
The article mentions the 20 Aug 1918 AAS paper on the luminiferous aether and says "He seemed to be inspired by Emanuel Swedenborg".
References worth chasing (priority 4): the Boston Daily Globe obituary of 24 Nov 1927; the New York Herald Tribune of 24 Nov 1927; Ogden, Popular Astronomy 36 (1928) 391-397 (Bibcode 1928PA.....36..391O); Encyclopedia Brunoniana; New International Encyclopedia 1928.
[memory, medium] in facts.json ("worked with S. P. Langley at the Allegheny Observatory") is now confirmed by this [web] source.