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J. Garavito Armero died, 1920 (b. 1865).

Julio Garavito Armero (January 5, 1865 – March 11, 1920) was a Colombian astronomer.

Born in Bogotá, he was a child prodigy in science and mathematics. He obtained his degrees as mathematician and civil engineer in the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (National university of Colombia). In 1892 he worked as the director of the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional (National Astronomical Observatory). His investigative works had been published in Los Anales de Ingeniería (The Annals of Engineering) since 1890, seven years before he took over editing the publication. – Wikipedia

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