George Willis Ritchey
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George Willis Ritchey (1864-1945) was an American astronomer (educated as a furniture maker) born in Ohio. He coinvented the Ritchey-Chrétien reflector telescope.

Links:

• http://astro.uchicago.edu/yerkes/virtualmuseum/Ritchey.html

The original article can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Willis_Ritchey.
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