John Alfred Brashear

A poor uneducated mill worker in his youth, whose driving passion was the study of astronomy, John Brashear lived to be designated "e;first citizen of Pennsylvania"e; for his scientific and philanthropic accomplishments, honored not only in his native Pittsburgh but by scientists all over the world. This is a biography of Brashear, the instrument maker and educator, whose life was one of genuinely inspiring achievement and service.