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George Phillips Bond
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American astronomer (1825 – 1865)
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George Phillips Bond was an American astronomer born in Dorchester in 1825. He was educated at and employed by Harvard University. Bond was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He was also recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
He died in Cambridge in 1865 from tuberculosis, which is listed as both his cause and medical condition. His manner of death was natural. Bond was the son of William Cranch Bond and spoke English. He received the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society and was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His life is described in sources including Nordisk familjebok, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography.
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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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