John Dobson

John L. Dobson
John Dobson in 2002.
Born	(1915-09-14)September 14, 1915 Beijing, Republic of China
Died	January 15, 2014(2014-01-15) (aged 98) Burbank, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Vedantan monk (1944−1967), lecturer/popularizer of amateur astronomy[1]
Known for	Dobsonian telescope, sidewalk astronomy

John Lowry Dobson (September 14, 1915 – January 15, 2014) was an American astronomer. He known for creating a design for a popular Newtonian telescope, named after him, the Dobsonian telescope.^[2]

Dobson died at Burbank, California on January 15, 2014. He was 98.^[3]

References

1. sidewalkastronomers.us - John Dobson - A Brief Biography
2. SB & F: Volume 43, Issues 5-6, page 231, American Association for the Advancement of Science 2007
3. Woo, Elaine (2014-01-18). "John Dobson dies at 98; former monk developed easy-to-make telescope". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-01-26.

Other websites

• Sidewalk Astronomers – This website includes John Dobson's official schedule.
• The San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers Archived 2023-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
• John Dobson of The Sidewalk Astronomers – Papers and articles written by John Dobson
• Dobson Space Telescope
• A Sidewalk Astronomer A film about Astronomy, Cosmology and John Dobson