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John Lowry Dobson
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Born
September 14
,
1915
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Peking [now Beijing], China
Died
January 15
,
2014
·
Burbank, California, USA
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John Lowry Dobson was born on September 14, 1915 in Peking [now Beijing], China. He died on January 15, 2014 in Burbank, California, USA.
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Self-proclaimed "sidewalk astronomer" who taught classes in telescope-making and traveled to national parks around the country to host "star parties," where he would invite the public to gaze at the heavens and ask questions about the cosmos.
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