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Friedrich Bessel
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Friedrich Bessel

Scientist · born July 22, 1784 · died 1846

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Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel was a German astronomer, mathematician, physicist, and geodesist. He was the first astronomer who determined reliable values for the distance from the Sun to another star by the method of parallax.

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  1. ~27Received the Lalande Prize1811
  2. ~45Received the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society1829

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Marc Hagit Cucurella

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1998 · Spain

Marc Cucurella Saseta is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left wing-back for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Spain national team. He is considered to be one of the best left-backs in the world.

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Selman Abraham Waksman
inventor

Selman Abraham Waksman

Inventor

1888–1973 · United States

Selman Abraham Waksman was a Russian-born American inventor, biochemist and microbiologist, whose research into the decomposition of organisms that live in soil enabled the discovery of streptomycin and several other antibiotics.

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