Joel Hastings Metcalf, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American astronomer
Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1866
Place of Birth: Meadville, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 23-Feb-1925
Profession: astronomer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Joel Hastings Metcalf
- Joel Hastings Metcalf (January 4, 1866 – February 23, 1925) was an American astronomer, humanitarian and minister.Reverend Metcalf graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1892.
- He served as a Unitarian minister in Burlington, Vermont and in Taunton, Massachusetts, Winchester, Massachusetts and Portland, Maine. He discovered or co-discovered several comets, including 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf and 97P/Metcalf-Brewington, and also 41 asteroids during 1905–1914, as credited by the Minor Planet Center.Two of his discoveries, the main-belt asteroids 726 Joëlla and 792 Metcalfia, were named in his honor.
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