{{Short description|Argentine astronomer}} '''Bernhard Hildebrandt Dawson''' (September{{nbsp}}21, 1890{{snd}}June{{nbsp}}18, 1960) was a U.S.-born Argentine astronomer.
He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and earned a B.S. from the University of Michigan, 1916. From 1913 onward, he worked at the La Plata Observatory, Argentina. In 1933 he was awarded a Ph.D. from Michigan with a thesis titled, "The System Beta 1000 Plus Delta 31". He was a professor at Faculdad de Ingeniería de San Juan from 1948 until 1955. His astronomical studies included southern double stars, variable stars, occultations, asteroids and comets. On November 8, 1942, he may have discovered Nova Puppis 1942.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers |last=Hockey |first=Thomas |year=2009 |publisher=Springer Publishing |isbn=978-0-387-31022-0 |accessdate=August 22, 2012 |url=http://www.springerreference.com/docs/html/chapterdbid/58346.html}}</ref> In 1958, he became the first president of the Asociación Argentina de Astronomía.
The botanist Genoveva Dawson was his daughter.
The asteroid 1829 Dawson is named after him, as is the crater Dawson on the far side of the Moon.
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==Bibliography== *{{cite book | first=Jaques Cattell | last=Press | title=American Men of Science | year=1921 | publisher=Bowker | url=https://archive.org/details/americanmenscie00presgoog | page=[https://archive.org/details/americanmenscie00presgoog/page/n182 170] | accessdate=2008-08-07 }} *{{cite book | first=Lutz D. | last=Schmadel | year=2003 | title=Dictionary of minor planet names |edition=5th rev. and enlarged | publisher=Springer | isbn=3-540-00238-3 }} *{{cite web | last=Menzel | first=Donald H. | date=February 1971 | url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19710009151_1971009151.pdf | title=Final Report on NGR 22-007-194, Lunar Nomenclature | publisher=NASA | accessdate=2008-08-07 }} *{{cite book | first=Robert | last=Burnham | year=1978 | title=Burnham's Celestial Handbook | url=https://archive.org/details/burnhamscelestia02robe | url-access=registration | publisher=Courier Dover Publications | isbn=0-486-23673-0 }} *{{cite web | url=http://www.astronomiaargentina.org.ar/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6&Itemid=15 | title=Reseña Histórica | publisher=Asociación Argentina de Astronomía | accessdate=2008-08-07 }} *{{cite book | first=Lewis | last=Pyenson | year=1989 | title=Empire of Reason: Exact Sciences in Indonesia, 1840-1940 | publisher=BRILL | isbn=90-04-08984-5 }} *{{cite journal | last=Dawson | first=Bernhard Hildebrandt | year=1933 | bibcode=1933PhDT.........1D | title=The System Beta 1000 Plus Delta 31 | publisher=University of Michigan }}
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