Denison Olmsted
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1791 – 1859
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Who was Denison Olmsted?
Denison Olmsted, U.S. physicist and astronomer, was born at East Hartford, Connecticut. Professor Olmsted is credited with giving birth to meteor science after the 1833 Leonid meteor shower over North America spurred him to study this phenomenon.
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- Born
- Jun 18, 1791
East Hartford - Also known as
- Denison Olmstead
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Yale University
- Died
- May 13, 1859
New Haven - Resting place
- Grove Street Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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