Joseph Algernon Pearce (February 7, 1893 – September 8, 1988) was a Canadian astrophysicist, who was notable for studies on the structure of Milky Way and O-type stars.
Born in Brantford, Ontario, Pearce enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1915 and served with the rank of Major in France until his was injured and returned to Canada as a training officer.
He joined the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Saanich, British Columbia and was appointed Assistant Director in 1935.
[1] In 1955, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of British Columbia.
[1] He is the author of Elements of the Orbit of Reid's Comet (University of Toronto, 1922), The Minimum Masses of Three Spectroscopic Binary Stars (J.O.