About Stuart Pottasch
Lived 1932 – 2018 (aged 86). Stuart Pottasch was an American university teacher and astronomer.
Stuart Pottasch (16 January 1932 – 4 April 2018) was a professor at the University of Groningen and a researcher of planetary nebulae.
Personal life Pottasch was born in New York City on 16 January 1932 to Max and Juliette Pottasch. His father Max was born 11 August 1894 in Germany, and arrived in the US in 1921; his mother was born in NYC in 1906. Pottasch had a sister, Suzanne, also born in 1932. Stuart assembled one of the largest collections of cacti in the Netherlands, as well as keeping and breeding parrots.
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American planetary scientist
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Stuart Pottasch was born on 16 January 1932 in New York City.
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Stuart Pottasch died on 4 April 2018 in Groningen.
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Stuart Pottasch was a university teacher and astronomer.
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Stuart Pottasch was American.
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