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Edward Sabine

Investor · born October 14, 1788 · died 1883

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Sir Edward Sabine was an Irish physicist, geodesist,astronomer, geophysicist, ornithologist, polar explorer, soldier, and the 30th president of the Royal Society.

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  1. ~33Received the Copley Medal1821
  2. ~38Received the Lalande Prize1826
  3. ~61Received the Royal Medal1849

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