Thomas Jefferson Jackson See
Astronomer
1866 – 1962
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Who was Thomas Jefferson Jackson See?
Thomas Jefferson Jackson See, was an American astronomer of high potential who ended a colorful life with no real accomplishment in astronomy or physics. He is known for a career dogged by plagiarism, being fired from two observatory staffs, grand egotistical claims, being 'exiled' to an isolated outpost, and his vitriolic attacks on relativity.
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- Born
- Feb 19, 1866
Missouri - Also known as
- T. J. J. See
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Missouri
- University of Missouri System
Mathematics
(1888 - 1889) - Doctorate, Humboldt University of Berlin
Astronomy
( - 1892)
- Employment
- University of Chicago
(1892 - 1896) - Lowell Observatory
(1896 - )
- University of Chicago
- Lived in
- Mare Island
- Died
- Jul 4, 1962
Oakland
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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