Saturday, June 28, 2008

Maria Mitchell died today – 119 years ago

Astronomer (discovering a comet) Maria Mitchell was born on August 1, 1818 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. She said, “I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering life of the Indian." [But it’d be kinda difficult carrying around that big telescope.]... Ms. Mitchell died on June 28, 1889 in Lynn, Massachusetts.

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