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Aitken (ROBERT GRANT American)

ROBERT GRANT, American astronomer; born in Jackson, Cal., in 1864. He graduated from Williams College in 1887. In the following year he became instructor of mathe- Cal., in 1864. He graduated from Wil- liams College in 1887. In the following year he became instructor of mathe- matics of Livermore College. California. sculpture. From 1891 to 1895 he was professor of mathematics and astronomy at the University of the Pacific. He was appointed astronomer at the Lick Observatory in 1895, and has to his credit the discovery of about three thousand double stars. He was awarded prizes and medals by many American and foreign scientific societies.

He was editor of "Publications of the he executed were busts of Mme. Mod- AIX-LA-CHAPELLE ments, including the McKinley Monuhe executed were busts of Mme. Modment in Golden Gate Park in San Franjeska, Augustus Thomas, William H. Taft, Henry Roger Wolcott, and others. cisco, the Bret Harte Monument in San He also designed many important monu- Francisco, etc. He was awarded many medals for his work and became secretary of the National Sculpture Society, and a member of many American and foreign societies relating to art and sculpture.

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