Richard Hinckley Allen

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Richard Hinckley Allen (* 1838 in Buffalo , NY ; † 1908 ?) Was an American naturalist and astronomer .

His best-known work was Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning , which with the help of GE Stechert in 1899, under the name: Star-Names and Their Meanings (translated: Star Names and Their Meanings ), first published and re- published in 1963 as a revised version by Dover- Verlag has been.

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supporting documents

  1. ^ Richard Hinckley Allen (page 592 with frame ; all in English) - in the ADS database of NASA , (probably as an extract) at Harvard University
  2. ↑ ISBN 0-486-21079-0 ; see also at Google Books , just there u. a. also (on the second page immediately after the cover page) with “ This Dover edition, first published in 1963, is an unabridged and corrected republication of the work first published by GE Stechert in 1899, under the former title: Star-Names and Their Meanings "
personal data
SURNAME Allen, Richard Hinckley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American naturalist and astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH Buffalo
DATE OF DEATH 1908