George Bassett Clark
George Bassett Clark (born February 14, 1827 in Lowell , Massachusetts , † December 20, 1891 in Cambridge , Massachusetts) was an American astronomer and telescope builder .
He was the son and partner of Alvan Clark and the brother of Alvan Graham Clark . The family ran the Alvan Clark & Sons company in the 19th century to build refraction telescopes . It made several of the record-breaking telescopes used in Cambridge , Massachusetts , including the largest refraction telescope of its time at the Yerkes Observatory .
In 1878, George Bassett Clark was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Web links
- JD Hicks: Stars and Their Investigators. , New York Times , July 16, 1899.
- The Clark Family. Encyclopaedia Britannica .
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SURNAME | Clark, George Bassett |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronomer |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1827 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lowell, Massachusetts |
DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1891 |
Place of death | Cambridge, Massachusetts |