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Benjamin Apthorp Gould
Benjamin Apthorp Gould
Born(1824-09-27)September 27, 1824
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedNovember 26, 1896(1896-11-26) (aged 72)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard College
Known forAstronomical Journal
Gould Belt
Gould designations
SpouseMary Apthorp Quincy Gould
AwardsJames Craig Watson Medal 1887
Gold Medal of the RAS 1883
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
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Benjamin Apthorp Gould (September 27, 1824 – November 26, 1896) was a pioneering American astronomer. He is noted for creating the Astronomical Journal, discovering the Gould Belt, and for founding of the Argentine National Observatory and the Argentine National Weather Service.

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Benjamin Apthorp Gould

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Benjamin Apthorp Gould (September 27, 1824 – November 26, 1896) was a pioneering American astronomer. He is noted for creating the Astronomical Journal...

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Benjamin Apthorp Gould Fuller

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Benjamin Apthorp Gould Fuller (March 9, 1879 – March 15, 1956) was a philosopher, author of A History of Philosophy, and president of the American Philosophical...

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Gould designation

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occur out of order. Gould designations first appeared in Uranometria Argentina, a catalogue published in 1879 by Benjamin Apthorp Gould. Many of these designations...

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Apthorp

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John T. Apthorp (1769-1849), American banker William Foster Apthorp (1848-1913), American music professor and critic Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824-1896)...

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Bayer designation

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but later astronomers (including Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille and Benjamin Apthorp Gould) supplemented Bayer's catalog with entries for southern constellations...

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Jorge Bobone

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Observatorio Nacional Argentino in Córdoba, established in the 1870s by Benjamin Apthorp Gould and now belonging to the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Between...

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Ben Fuller

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(producer) (1875–1952), English-born Australian theatrical entrepreneur Benjamin Apthorp Gould Fuller (1879–1956), American philosopher This disambiguation page...

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Argentine National Observatory

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president Domingo F. Sarmiento and the North American astronomer Benjamin Apthorp Gould. Its creation was the beginning of astronomical studies in Argentina...

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Constellation

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University Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-521-80040-2. Ian Ridpath. "Benjamin Apthorp Gould and the Uranometria Argentina". Star Tales. A.C. Davenhall & S.K...

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Difference engine

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Purchased by the Dudley Observatory's first director, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, in 1856. Gould was an acquaintance of Babbage. The Difference Engine performed...

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Quincy political family

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Apthorp Quincy (1834–1883), married Benjamin Apthorp Gould Susan Quincy Gould (b. 1862) Lucretia Gould (b. 1864) Alice Bache Gould (b. 1868) Benjamin...

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Canopus

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as HIP 30438. Flamsteed did not number this southern star, but Benjamin Apthorp Gould gave it the number 7 (7 G. Carinae) in his Uranometria Argentina...

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Robert Gould Shaw

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Robert Gould Shaw (October 10, 1837 – July 18, 1863) was an American officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Born into a Boston upper...

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List of astronomers

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Sa'id Gorgani (Persia, 9th century) Paul Götz (Germany, 1883–1962) Benjamin Apthorp Gould (United States, 1824–1896) Andrew Graham (Ireland, 1815–1907) Kathryn...

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4 Vesta

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difficult to draw quickly. That year, the problem was addressed by Benjamin Apthorp Gould, who suggested numbering asteroids in their order of discovery,...

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Astronomical symbols

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symbols are drawn in the reports for Astraea, Hebe, and Thetis. Benjamin Apthorp Gould criticised the symbols in 1852 as being often inefficient at suggesting...

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Hannah Flagg Gould

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Hannah Flagg Gould was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, September 3, 1789. Her parents were Benjamin Gould (1751-1841) and Grizzell Apthorp "Griselda"...

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1824

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poet, sister to Alice Cary (1820–1871) (d. 1871) September 27 – Benjamin Apthorp Gould, American astronomer (d. 1896) October 2 – Henry C. Lord, American...

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The Astronomical Journal

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American Astronomical Society (Press release). September 1, 2021. Benjamin Apthorp Gould Prize Archived 2007-08-21 at the Wayback Machine from the National...

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1896

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Ichiyō Higuchi, Japanese poet and novelist (b. 1872) November 26 Benjamin Apthorp Gould, American astronomer (b. 1824) Coventry Patmore, English poet (b...

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47 Tucanae

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constellation in order of right ascension. In the 19th century, Benjamin Apthorp Gould assigned the Greek letter ξ (Xi) to the cluster to designate it...

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List of astronomical objects named after people

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after Caroline Herschel. Gould Belt is a ring of stars in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way, named after Benjamin Apthorp Gould Grindlay 1 is a globular...

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Society of the Cincinnati

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Honorable John Nicholas Brown – Philanthropist. Joseph Cotten – Actor Benjamin Apthorp Gould – Astronomer. Reverend Alexander Hamilton – great-grandson of Alexander...

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Alice Bache Gould

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Alice Bache Gould was born on January 5, 1868, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824-1896) and Mary Apthorp Quincy Gould (1834-1883)...

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