George Willis Ritchey was an American optician and telescope maker and astronomer born at Tuppers Plains, Ohio.
Ritchey was educated as a furniture maker. He coinvented the Ritchey–Chrétien reflecting telescope along with Henri Chrétien. Wikipedia
Born: December 31, 1864, Tuppers Plains, OH
Died: November 4, 1945 (age 80 years), Azusa, CA
Award: Prix Jules Janssen