James Melville Gilliss (September 6, 1811 – February 9, 1865) was an astronomer, United States naval officer and founder of the United States Naval Observatory...
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Gilliss is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: James Melville Gilliss (1811–1865), American astronomer Maya Gilliss-Chapman, Cambodian-American...
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& WWVB USNO personnel Rear Admiral Samuel P. Carter Lieutenant James Melville Gilliss Lieutenant Louis M. Goldsborough Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury...
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USS James M. Gilliss (AMCU-13/YMS-262) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass named after James Melville Gilliss, a US naval officer credited...
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James Melville Gilliss arrived in Chile to observe Venus and Mars to determine the distance between the Earth and the Sun.[citation needed] Gilliss'...
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USNS James M. Gilliss (T-AGOR-4) was a Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1962. The ship was operated by the...
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Maury's Naval Observatory team included midshipmen assigned to him: James Melville Gilliss, Lieutenants John Mercer Brooke, William Lewis Herndon, Lardner...
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Maury resigned in 1861 to join the Confederacy. He was replaced with James M. Gilliss, who had been in charge of the construction of the observatory. In...
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admiral in the United States Navy Jim Gillis (golfer), see Maine Open James Melville Gilliss (1811–1865), astronomer, United States Navy officer and founder...
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to all burials regardless of creed or social condition. In 1849 James Melville Gilliss led an American naval astronomical expedition to Chile in order...
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