# John Dobson

> John Lowry Dobson was an American amateur astronomer and is best known for the Dobsonian telescope, a portable, low-cost Newtonian reflector telescope. He was also known for his efforts to promote awareness of astronomy through public lectures including his performances of "sidewalk astronomy". Dobson was also the co-founder of the amateur astronomical group, the San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers.

*American astronomer (1915–2014)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1915-09-14
- **Died:** 2014-01-15
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Platforms
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- [John Dobson](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dobson)
- [John Lowry Dobson](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lowry_Dobson)
- [Добсон, Джон](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q958609)

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