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Subject: African american Astronomers
Category: Science > Astronomy
Asked by: magus215-ga
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Posted: 21 Aug 2003 19:06 PDT
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Question ID: 247493

Were there any African American Astronomers of note between the years 1878-1890?

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Subject: Re: African american Astronomers
From: justaskscott-ga on 21 Aug 2003 19:47 PDT

This article suggests that unfortunately, there was a long gap between
Benjamin Banneker and other African-American astronomers of note.

"From Banneker to Best: Some Stellar Careers In Astronomy and
Astrophysics", by
Robert Fikes, Jr. (Autumn 2000)
Mathematicians of the African Diaspora
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/special/Black.Astronomers-Fikes.pdf

Hopefully, another Researcher will find additional information.  If
not, I could post this as an answer.

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