Lewis Boss (1846-1912) was an American astronomer. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1870 he graduated from Dartmouth College, then went to work as a clerk for the U.S. Government. He served as an assistant astronomer for a government expedition to survey the U.S-Canadian border. In 1876 he became the directory of the Dudley Observatory in Schenectady, New York. He became editor of the "Astronomical Journal" in 1909, but responsibility passed to his son, … Wikipedia
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