David Livingstone Crawford (born 1931) is an American
astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, moons, comets and galaxies – in either ...
.
Crawford has a
doctorate
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in
astronomy
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from the
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...
and worked most of his scientific career at
Kitt Peak National Observatory
The Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) is a United States astronomical observatory located on Kitt Peak of the Quinlan Mountains in the Arizona-Sonoran Desert on the Tohono Oʼodham Nation, west-southwest of Tucson, Arizona. With more than ...
in
Tucson, Arizona
, "(at the) base of the black ill
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, and the
National Optical Astronomical Observatories, where he is emeritus astronomer. He co-founded the
International Dark-Sky Association with
Tim Hunter in 1988. He won the 2010
Clifford W. Holmes Award for popularizing astronomy.
Asteroid
(7327) Crawford is named after him.
References
Dr. David L. Crawford 2005 G. Bruce Blair Award, Western Amateur Astronomers
1931 births
Living people
University of Chicago alumni
American astronomers
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