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Hi Merlin & All,
Yes, it is a very sad story indeed.
I can't quite remember off-hand but one of the U.S astronomy magazines did an excellent and moving write-up in a feature article too. I think it was in the mid to late 90s. It might have been S&T but I'm more inclined to think it was "Astronomy". Whoever wrote it and put it together did a very, very good job.
The major cause of Burnham's decline apparently was the loss of his job at (again, not certain but I think it was Lowell) observatory where the observing programme he was in was cut.
Burnham was the great astronomical writer of the 20th century.
Best,
Les D
Contributing Editor
AS&T
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