William Henry Finlay
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William Henry Finlay (born 17 June 1849 in Liverpool; died 7 December 1924 in Cape Town, South Africa) was a South African astronomer. He was First Assistant at the Cape Observatory from 1873 to 1898. He discovered the periodic comet 15P/Finlay. Earlier, he was one of the first to spot the "Great Comet of 1882" (C/1882 R1).
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- http://www.saao.ac.za/assa/2003MNSSA..62..170C.pdf
- http://www.saao.ac.za/~wpk/tov1882/2004MNSSA..63...34K.pdf
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