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Science & Medicine
Charles Morse Huffer
1894–1981American astronomer and instructor
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An article in one language makes the American astronomer and instructor Charles Morse Huffer the best known so far. The list has one more: the American judge J. Gregory Bruce. The earliest on the list is Charles Morse Huffer, born in 1894, and the youngest J. Gregory Bruce, born in 1897. The longest list in Indiana is Gary’s, with 68 names.
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Charles Morse Huffer
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1894
Charles Morse Huffer
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1897
J. Gregory Bruce
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