George Bassett Clark, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGeorge Bassett Clark
American astronomer
Date of Birth: 14-Feb-1827
Place of Birth: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 20-Dec-1891
Profession: astronomer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About George Bassett Clark
- George Bassett Clark (February 14, 1827 – December 20, 1891) was an American instrument maker and astronomer. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts and educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, he was the son of Alvan Clark, part of a family of refracting telescope makers in the 19th century.
- In 1846, George Bassett Clark joined his father and brother at the family's telescope works in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- The firm, Alvan Clark & Sons, made many of the record-breaking refracting instruments, including the still-largest refracting telescope at the Yerkes Observatory, gaining "worldwide fame and distribution", wrote one author on astronomy in 1899.
- Clark was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1878.
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