Carl Otto Lampland

[2][3][4][5] Carl Otto Lampland was born near Hayfield in Dodge County, Minnesota.

Both his father Ole Helliksen Lampland (1834–1914) and his mother Berit Gulliksdatter Skartum (1850–1943) were born in Norway.

He then studied at Indiana University Bloomington, where he received a B.A.

He won the Royal Photographic Society Medal in 1905 for the camera which he designed for the 24-inch Clark telescope.

[9] Together with William Coblentz, he measured large differences between the day and night temperatures on Mars which implied a thin Martian atmosphere.

Carl Otto Lampland, c. 1920
Lampland at the Fourth Conference International Union for Cooperation in Solar Research at Mount Wilson Observatory , 1910