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John Ellard Gore

Irish astronomer and author · Scientists · Lived 1845 to 1910 · aged 65

John Ellard Gore was an Irish amateur astronomer and prolific author, and a founding member of the British Astronomical Association. He was mainly interested in variable stars of which he discovered several, most notably W Cygni in 1884, U Orionis in 1885, and independently discovered Nova Persei.

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In 2009, the IAU named a lunar impact crater after Gore.

Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1845 to 1910 · aged 65