William Henry Pickering, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American astronomer
Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1858
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 17-Jan-1938
Profession: astronomer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About William Henry Pickering
- William Henry Pickering (February 15, 1858 – January 16, 1938) was an American astronomer.
- Pickering constructed and established several observatories or astronomical observation stations, notably including Percival Lowell's Flagstaff Observatory.
- He led solar eclipse expeditions and studied craters on the Moon, and hypothesized that changes in the appearance of the crater Eratosthenes were due to "lunar insects".
- He spent much of the later part of his life at his private observatory in Jamaica.
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