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Benjamin Apthorp Gould

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American astronomer (1824-1896)

United StatesScientistsLived 1824 to 1896 · aged 72
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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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1891Foreign Member of the Royal Society
1887James Craig Watson Medal
1883Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1824 to 1896 · aged 72
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23 languages

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