- Bernhard Dawson
Bernhard Hildebrandt Dawson (September 21, 1890–June 18, 1960) was a U.S.-born Argentinian
astronomer .He was born in
Kansas City ,Missouri and earned a B.S. from theUniversity of Michigan , 1916. From 1913 onward, he worked at theLa Plata Observatory , Argentina. In 1933 he was awarded a Ph.D. from Michigan with a thesis titled, "The System Beta 1000 Plus Delta 31". He was a professor at Faculdad de Ingeniera de San Juan from 1948 until 1955. His astronomical studies included southern double stars,variable star s,occultation s,asteroid s andcomet s. On November 8, 1942 he may have discovered Nova Puppis. In 1958 he became the first president of the Asociación Argentina de Astronomía.The asteroid
1829 Dawson is named after him, as is Dawson crater on thefar side of the Moon .References
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first=Bernhard Hildebrandt
date=1933
url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1933PhDT.........1D
title=The System Beta 1000 Plus Delta 31
publisher=University of Michigan
accessdate=2008-08-07
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