About John M. Thome
Lived 1843 – 1908 (aged 65). John M. Thome was an Argentine and American astronomer.
John Macon Thome (August 22, 1843 – September 27, 1908) was an American-Argentine astronomer. Some sources say John Macom Thome. He is sometimes known as Juan M. Thome.
He was born in Palmyra, Pennsylvania, and attended Lehigh University.
He came to the Argentine National Observatory (today Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba) in 1870, working as the senior assistant of the director Benjamin A. Gould. He succeeded Gould as director in 1885.
Under his initiative, the Cordoba Durchmusterung star catalogue began to be compiled in 1892, although he did not live to see its completion.
He won the Lalande Prize for astronomy from the French Academy of Sciences in 1901. Thome died in Córdoba and was succeeded as director of the observatory by Charles Dillon Perrine.
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Who was John M. Thome?
American-Argentine astronomer (1843-1908)
When was John M. Thome born?
John M. Thome was born on 22 August 1843 in Palmyra.
When did John M. Thome die?
John M. Thome died on 27 September 1908 in Córdoba.
What was John M. Thome's occupation?
John M. Thome was an astronomer.
What nationality was John M. Thome?
John M. Thome was Argentine and American.
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