Francis Axel Harvey ’61

Axel died Feb. 20, 2016, of ALS in Montreal, Canada.

Born and raised in Montreal, Axel came to us from Lower Canada College. At Princeton he majored in history in the Special Program in the Humanities, played freshman lacrosse, managed the hockey team for two years, and was vice president of the Young Theocrats of Princeton.

Axel was well known in French and English astrology circles in Canada, Europe, and the United States and helped found the Canadian Association of French Astrologers, which he served as president. He was active in documenting astrological history and passionate about astronomy all his life, and he mastered the cosmological zodiac.

Axel had not been in touch with the class for decades. We learned of his death from classmate Andras Hamori, who found a notice on the internet.

Axel is survived by three sons.