Walker, Sears Cook, 1805-1853
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Walker, Sears Cook, 1805-1853
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Walker, Sears C.
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Walker, S. C. 1805-1853
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Walker, S. C. 1805-1853 (Sears Cook),
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Cook Walker, Sears 1805-1853
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Walker, Sears C. 1805-1853
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American astronomer who taught at Harvard, was an actuary for the Pennsylvania Company for the Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities, served as an assistant at the United States Naval Observatory, and finally headed the Longitude Department of the United States Coast Survey. During his tenure at the U.S. Coast Survey, he developed the method of determining differences of longitude by telegraph.
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