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The function of the scientist is to attain new truths by conquering them from the limitless realm of the unknown, and whether they be brilliant or otherwise, none is too small or insignificant in aspect to deserve his earnest search or joyful welcome.

Benjamin Apthorp Gould

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Benjamin Apthorp Gould

Benjamin Apthorp Gould

Born: September 27, 1824
Died: November 26, 1896 (aged 72)
Bio: Benjamin Apthorp Gould was a pioneering American astronomer. He is noted for creating the Astronomical Journal, discovering the Gould Belt, and for founding of the Argentine National Observatory and the Argentine National Weather Service.
Known for:
  1. The Family of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield (1895)
  2. Ages of U. S. Volunteer Soldiery (1866)

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