Francis Preserved Leavenworth

Francis Preserved 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.

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Who was born first?

• Francis Preserved Leavenworth and Christiaan Eijkman were born the same year
• Francis Preserved Leavenworth and Liberty Hyde Bailey were born the same year
• Francis Preserved Leavenworth and William Henry Pickering were born the same year
• Francis Preserved Leavenworth and Jagadish Chandra Bose were born the same year
• Francis Preserved Leavenworth and Mary Adela Blagg were born the same year

Timeline

1. Christiaan EijkmanAugust 11, 1858 – November 5, 1930
2. Francis Preserved Leavenworth (this page)September 3, 1858 – November 12, 1928
3. Jagadish Chandra BoseNovember 30, 1858 – November 23, 1937
4. Liberty Hyde BaileyMarch 15, 1858 – December 25, 1954
5. Mary Adela BlaggMay 17, 1858 – April 14, 1944
6. William Henry PickeringFebruary 15, 1858 – January 1938

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• Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAugust 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832
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• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
• Nicolaus CopernicusFebruary 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543
• Louis PasteurDecember 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895
• Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizJune 21, 1646 – November 14, 1716