Edward Doane Swift (24 December 1870 – 25 September 1935 in Buffalo, New York[1]) was an American astronomer.
Like his father Lewis, he was a founder member of the British Astronomical Association in 1890, resigning 1892.
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.
[2] 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.
Most notably, Edward discovered 25 new NGC-objects, 22 new IC-objects, multiple comets and a total of 46 nebulae.