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Asaph Hall was an American astronomer, mathematician, and carpenter born in Goshen in 1829. He worked at Harvard University and the Old Naval Observatory. His professional interests included astronomy, and he contributed to the publication *Popular Science*. He spoke English and was described by the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*.
Hall received the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Lalande Prize, and the Knight of the Legion of Honour. He was a member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was also recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
He was married to Angeline Stickney and had a child named Percival Hall. Hall died in Annapolis in 1907.
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Hall
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Goshen
- Place of death
- Annapolis
- Spouse
- Angeline Stickney
- Occupation
- carpenter
- Employer
- Old Naval Observatory
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- astronomy
- Image
- Professor Asaph Hall.jpg
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- Asaph Hall
- date of birth
- 1829-10-15
- date of death
- 1907-11-22
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- name in native language
- Asaph Hall
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
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- WikiProject Mathematics
- P8168
- Munna bituberculata
- interested in
- astronomy
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Encyclopedic overview
Asaph Hall III (October 15, 1829 – November 22, 1907) was an American astronomer who is best known for having discovered the two moons of Mars, Deimos and Phobos, in 1877. He determined the orbits of satellites of other planets and of double stars, the rotation of Saturn, and the mass of Mars.
Biography
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