Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetFrancis Preserved Leavenworth
American astronomer
Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1858
Place of Birth: Mount Vernon, Indiana, United States
Date of Death: 12-Nov-1928
Profession: astronomer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Francis Preserved Leavenworth
- Francis Preserved Leavenworth (born September 3, 1858 in Mount Vernon, Indiana; died November 12, 1928; a.k.a.
- Frank Leavenworth) was an American astronomer.
- He discovered many New General Catalogue objects together with Frank Muller and Ormond Stone.
- They used a telescope with a 66-cm aperture at the Leander McCormick Observatory at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.He became a member of the Camden Astronomical Society shortly after its founding in 1888.In 1909 he joined Frederick C.
- Leonard's Society for Practical Astronomy.
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