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George Phillips Bond
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American astronomer (1825 – 1865)
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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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A short history of<i>SHELX</i>
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- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 48,614x
- Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>
· 2015 · cited 40,865x
- <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination
· 2015 · cited 27,619x
- A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity
· 1961 · cited 23,198x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1825-05-20 ) May 20, 1825, Dorchester, Boston, MA , U.S.
- Died
- February 17, 1865 (1865-02-17) (aged 39), Cambridge, MA , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Harvard University (BA, 1845) (MS, 1853)
- Known for
- astrophotography
- Awards
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1865)
- Fields
- astronomy
- Institutions
- Harvard College Observatory
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dorchester
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Father
- William Cranch Bond
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Employer
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- The first image of Vega.png
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- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- date of birth
- 1825-05-20
- date of death
- 1865-02-17
- medical condition
- tuberculosis
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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