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He was born in Houston , Texas . He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Caltech in 1947 ; his thesis title was ''Axially Symmetric Thermal Stresses in a Semi-Infinite Solid''. In 1949 he accepted a job at Palomar Observatory . In 1953 he became assistant director of Lowell Observatory , and served as director from 1954 – 1957 . He later worked at Rand Corporation and other private sector jobs. In 1962 he became founding editor of the astronomical magazine '' Icarus ''. He discovered a number of Asteroid s, and also co-discovered the periodic Comet 107P/Wilson-Harrington . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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