Donald MacRae
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1916 – 2006
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Who was Donald MacRae?
Donald Alexander MacRae was a Canadian astronomer.
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia he was the Chair of the Department of Astronomy at the University of Toronto and Director of the David Dunlap Observatory from 1965 to 1978. He was one of a few Canadians who were early Ph.D. graduates in Astronomy from Harvard, where he enrolled after graduating from the University of Toronto in 1937. He appeared in the Academy Award-nominated NFB documentary Universe as the astronomer. He died in 2006.
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- Born
- 1916
Halifax - Nationality
- Canada
- Education
- Harvard University
- University of Toronto
- Employment
- University of Toronto
- Died
- 2006
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on July 23, 2013
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