George Bassett Clark

George Bassett Clark (February 14, 1827 – December 20, 1891) was an American instrument maker and astronomer.

George Bassett Clark

Born in Lowell, Massachusetts and educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, he was the son of Alvan Clark, part of a family of refracting telescope makers in the 19th century. In 1846, George Bassett Clark joined his father and brother at the family's telescope works in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1] The firm, Alvan Clark & Sons, made many of the record-breaking refracting instruments, including the still-largest refracting telescope at the Yerkes Observatory, gaining "worldwide fame and distribution", wrote one author on astronomy in 1899.[1] Clark was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1878.[2]

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References
  1. "Stars and their investigators" (PDF). The New York Times. July 16, 1899. Retrieved 2009-12-05.
  2. "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter C" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 11, 2016.


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