George Phillips Bond
1825–65
American astronomer. Assistant observer, Harvard College Observatory, 1845–59; director, 1859–65. Credited with the discovery of Hyperion, the eighth satellite of Saturn, and with establishing the nature of Saturn’s rings.
Source
DAB.
Bibliography
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
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