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Cyril Jackson

South African astronomer
Cyril V. Jackson was a South African astronomer, known for discovering 72 asteroids and a number of comets. He was born in Ossett, Yorkshire in England; his father emigrated to South Africa in 1911. He earned his B.Sc. at the University of the... Wikipedia
Born: December 5, 1903, Ossett, United Kingdom
Died: February 1988 (age 84 years), Pietermaritzburg, South Africa