Nov. 11, 1875: The birth of V.M. Slipher
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Vesto Melvin Slipher was born on a farm in Mulberry, Indiana, on Nov. 11, 1875. He graduated from high school, taught briefly at a country school, and then enrolled at Indiana University in Bloomington. In 1901, one of Slipher’s professors, Wilbur Cogshall, persuaded the founder of the fledgling Lowell Observatory to bring the young astronomer Continue reading "Nov. 11, 1875: The birth of V.M. Slipher" The post Nov. 11, 1875: The birth of V.M. Slipher appeared first on Astronomy Magazine .
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