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S. W. Burnham
Sherburne Wesley Burnham (December 12 1838 – March 11 1921) was an American astronomer.
Worked at Yerkes Observatory. His day job was as a court reporter, except for four years as a full-time astronomer at Lick Observatory.
He served as a military stenographer in the Union Army in the Civil War. In 1873 – 1874, he produced a catalog of double stars. He became a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. He continued to identify double stars and later published the General Catalogue of 1290 Double Stars. He later increased this number to 13,665 double stars.
He received the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1894.
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