biography
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| lived:
| (1843–1914)
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| biography:
| Astronomer, born in Aberdeen, NE Scotland, UK. He studied at Aberdeen, and became astronomer at the Cape Observatory (1879–1907). He is noted for his measurements of the distances of the Sun and stars from the Earth, and pioneered the use of photography for charting the heavens. |
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