Catherine Wolfe Bruce

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Catherine Wolfe Bruce (1816 – 1900) was a noted American patroness of astronomy.

She donated money for purchases of telescopes by Harvard College Observatory and by Max Wolf, among others.

The Bruce Medal is named after her, as well as the asteroid 323 Brucia, and Bruce crater on the Moon.

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