Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1825
- Died
- 1865
- Works
- 16
Top works
- An account of the nebula in Andromeda
- On the companion of Sirius ; [On the discovery of the asteroid (72) ; On the discovery of Comet III, 1861 ; On the physical aspect of Encke's comet]
- Some methods for computing the ratio of the distances of a comet from the Earth
- List of new nebulæ [and starclusters] seen at the observatory of Harvard college, 1847-1863
- On the relative brightness of the sun and moon
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George Phillips Bond (May 20, 1825 – February 17, 1865) was an American astronomer. He was the son of William Cranch Bond. Some sources give his year of birth as 1826.
His early interest was in nature and birds, but after his elder brother William Cranch Bond Jr. died, he felt obliged to follow his father into the field of astronomy. He succeeded his father as director of Harvard College Observatory from 1859 until his death. His cousin was Edward Singleton Holden, first director of Lick Observatory.