Bernhard Hildebrandt Dawson (September 21, 1890 – June 18, 1960) was a U.S.-bornArgentineastronomer.

He was born inKansas City,Missouri and earned a B.S. from theUniversity of Michigan, 1916. From 1913 onward, he worked at theLa 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 atFaculdad de Ingeniería de San Juan from 1948 until 1955. His astronomical studies included southern double stars,variable stars,occultations,asteroids andcomets. On November 8, 1942 he may have discoveredNova Puppis 1942.^[1] In 1958, he became the first president of the Asociación Argentina de Astronomía.

The botanist,Genoveva Dawson, was his daughter.

The asteroid1829 Dawson is named after him, as is the craterDawson on thefar side of the Moon.

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• 1890 births
• 1960 deaths
• University of Michigan alumni
• American emigrants to Argentina
• 20th-century Argentine astronomers
• Burials at La Plata Cemetery

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