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John Brashear

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Astronomer
Died
Apr 8, 1920
Zodiac
Sagittarius
Born in
Pennsylvania
About
Astronomer who patented instruments for telescopes. He received the Elliott Cresson Medal in 1910 and from 1901 to 1904, he was acting chancellor of the Western University of Pennsylvania, now known as the University of Pittsburgh.
Family
He married Phoebe Stewart, a Sunday school teacher, in 1862.

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