James Cuffey

American astronomer (1911–1999)

PersonDied aged 87humanQ6132007

Born: October 8, 1911
Died: May 30, 1999
Birthplace: Chicago
Place of death: Bloomington
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: astronomer
Education: Harvard University
, Northwestern University
Employer: New Mexico State University
, Indiana University
, United States Naval Academy

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James Cuffey was an American astronomer. He specialized in photoelectric photometry and held the patent on the Cuffey Iris Photometer, an instrument used in stellar photographic photometry.

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Given name: James
Doctoral advisor: Harlow Shapley
Family name: Cuffey
Sex or gender: male

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