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Date of Birth
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29-November-1866
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Place of Birth
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Kingston upon Hull
(United Kingdom, England, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Riding of Yorkshire, Humberside, United Kingdom, with Dependencies and Territories)
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Nationality
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United Kingdom, United States of America
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Also know as
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Ernest W. Brown
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Profession
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Astronomer, Mathematician
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Ernest William Brown FRS was a British mathematician and astronomer, who spent the majority of his career working in the United States.
His life's work was the study of the Moon's motion and the compilation of extremely accurate lunar tables. He also studied the motion of the planets and calculated the orbits of Trojan asteroids.
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