Clyde Tombaugh
(1906 - 1997)
- Made telescopes from hand ground mirrors and farm equipment parts
- Graduated from Burdett High School, University of Kansas, and Northern Arizona University
- Discovered planet in 1930 that was later named Pluto
- Spent 13 years at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona
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