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David Rittenhouse

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Profession
Astronomer
Died
Jun 26, 1796
Zodiac
Aries
Born in
Pennsylvania
About
Astronomer who focused on the planet Venus and taught astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania. He was also the first American to sight Uranus, which he did in 1784.
Family
He married Elanor Coulston on February 20, 1766.

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