biography
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Bond, William Cranch
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| male
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| lived:
| (1789–1859)
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| biography:
| Instrument-maker and astronomer, born in Portland, Maine, USA. The first director of the Harvard College Observatory (1839–59), he equipped it from his Dorchester-parlour observatory. A donation provided for a 15-inch telescope, for which he designed the dome and chair. A pioneer in celestial photography, he discovered the seventh satellite of Saturn with his son George Bond. |
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