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Benjamin Apthorp Gould

27 September 1824 - 26 November 1896.

[English] Benjamin Apthorp Gould (b. 1824 in Boston, Massachusetts, d. 1896 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American astronomer who founded in 1849 the “Astronomical Journal” and also worked for a long time in Argentina.

[Deutsch] Benjamin Apthorp Gould (geb. 1824 in Boston, Massachusetts; gest. 1896 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) war ein US-amerikanischer Astronom, der 1849 das „Astronomical Journal“ gründete und lange Zeit auch in Argentinien wirkte.

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  • Cover of: Reply to the "Statement of the trustees" of the Dudley Observatory

    First published in 1859 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Eulogy on Joseph S. Hubbard.

    First published in 1864 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition eulogyonjosephshx00goul
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  • Cover of: Biographical notice of James Melville Gilliss

    First published in 1867 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Report on the history of the discovery of Neptune.

    First published in 1850 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: War thoughts of an optimist: a collection of timely articles by an American citizen residing in Canada

    First published in 1915 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Address on the metric system of weights and measures

    First published in 1902 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: An American university: an oration before the Connecticut Beta of the Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity at Trinity College, Hartford, 1856, July 15

    First published in 1856 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Boston harbour: a series of communications to the Boston daily advertiser

    First published in 1863 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Cordoba photographs.: Photographic observations of star-clusters from impressions made at the Argentine national observatory, measured and computed with aid from Argentine Government

    First published in 1897 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Relations of the man of science to the community: address to the American Association for the advancement of science

    First published in 1869 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Standard mean right-ascensions of circumpolar and time stars prepared for the use of the U.S. Coast Survey.

    First published in 1862 1 edition — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Stars, Clusters, Dudley Observatory, Metric system, Observations, Science, Universities and colleges, World War, 1914-1918, bub_upload
Places
Boston Harbor (Mass.), Neptune (Planet)
People
J. M. Gilliss (1811-1865), James Melville Gilliss (1811-1865), Joseph Stillman Hubbard

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Alternative names

  • Benjamin A. Gould
  • B. A. Gould
  • Gould, Benjamin Apthorp
  • Benjamin Apthorp 1824-1896 Gould

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March 27, 2024 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 10, 2011 Edited by marycee Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import