George Bassett Clark
Astronomer, Deceased Person
1827 – 1891
Who was George Bassett Clark?
George Bassett Clark was an American instrument maker and astronomer.
Born in Lowell, Massachusetts and educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, he was the son of Alvan Clark, part of a family of refracting telescope makers in the 19th century. In 1846, George Bassett Clark joined his father and brother at the family's telescope works in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm, Alvan Clark & Sons, made many of the record-breaking refracting instruments, including the still-largest refracting telescope at the Yerkes Observatory, gaining "worldwide fame and distribution", wrote one author on astronomy in 1899.
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- Born
- Feb 14, 1827
Lowell - Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Phillips Academy
- Died
- Dec 20, 1891
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on July 23, 2013
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