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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: An American university: an oration before the Connecticut Beta of the Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity at Trinity College, Hartford, 1856, July 15

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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: 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: An address in commemoration of Sears Cook Walker: delivered before the American association for the advancement of science, April 29, 1854.

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  • Cover of: Observations of the solar eclipse of July 18, 1860, made at Cambridge, Massachusetts

    First published in 1862 1 edition in 1 language
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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, Dudley Observatory, Anthropometry, Catalogs, Clusters, History, Observations, Statistics, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Administration, Asteroids, Astronomical observatories, Dudley Observatory. Trustees, Geodesy, Health aspects, Longitude, Management, Medical care, Medicine, Military, Metric system, Military Medicine, Science, Solar eclipses, Soldiers, United States
Places
United States, Albany, Boston Harbor (Mass.), Metis (Asteroid), Neptune (Planet), New York (State)
People
Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824-1896), J. M. Gilliss (1811-1865), James Melville Gilliss (1811-1865), Joseph Stillman Hubbard, Sears Cook Walker (1805-1853)
Time
Civil War, 1861-1865, 1860

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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