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Edward Charles Pickering

American astronomer (1846–1919).

Born July 19th, 1846 in Boston.

Died February 3rd, 1919 at 72 years old in Cambridge.

Occupations
astronomer, astrophysicist, university teacher

We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening. Zhuangzi