<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Emerson_Barnard" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Emerson Barnard">Edward Emerson Barnard</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_16" class="extiw" title="w:December 16">December 16</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1857" class="extiw" title="w:1857">1857</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_6" class="extiw" title="w:February 6">February 6</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923" class="extiw" title="w:1923">1923</a>) was an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" class="extiw" title="w:United States">American</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/astronomer" class="extiw" title="w:astronomer">astronomer</a>. He was commonly known as <b>E. E. Barnard</b>, and was recognized as a gifted observational astronomer. He is best known for his discovery of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnard%27s_star" class="extiw" title="w:Barnard's star">Barnard's star</a> in 1916, which is named in his honor.
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5 February 2007 (original upload date)
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