Clyde Tombaugh
(1906-1997)
- Born in Burdette
- As an amateur astronomer worked for the Lowell Observatory in Arizona
- In 1930 discovered what was believed to be the ninth planet, Pluto
- Earned degrees from University of Kansas and Northern Arizona University
- Continued to make important discoveries in astronomy
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