Denison Olmsted, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Denison Olmsted

U.S. physicist and astronomer

Date of Birth: 18-Jun-1791

Place of Birth: East Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 13-May-1859

Profession: astronomer, physicist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Denison Olmsted (June 18, 1791 – May 13, 1859) was an American physicist and astronomer.
Professor Olmsted is credited with giving birth to meteor science after the 1833 Leonid meteor shower over North America spurred him to study this phenomenon.