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Benjamin Apthorp Gould
Astronomer
1824 – 1896
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Who was Benjamin Apthorp Gould?
Benjamin Apthorp Gould was a pioneering American astronomer. He is noted for creating the Astronomical Journal, discovering the Gould Belt, and for founding of the Argentine National Observatory and the Argentine National Weather Service.
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- Born
- Sep 27, 1824
Boston - Also known as
- Гулд, Бенджамин Апторп
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard College
- Harvard University
- University of Göttingen
- Died
- Nov 26, 1896
Cambridge
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on July 23, 2013
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