Facts:   - work institutions: yerkes observatory , perkins observatory    - death date: 20 april 2000    - field: astronomer      - birth date: 31 march 1908    - name: philip childs keenan    - nationality: american    - death place: columbus , ohio , usa    - birth place: bellevue , pennsylvania , usa   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of philip childs keenan .
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Answer: philip childs keenan -lrb- march 31 , 1908 -- april 20 , 2000 -rrb- was an american astronomer .keenan was an american spectroscopist who collaborated with william wilson morgan and edith kellman -lrb- 1911 -- 2007 -rrb- to develop the mkk stellar spectral classification system between 1939 and 1943 .this two-dimensional classification system -lrb- temperature & luminosity -rrb- was further revised by morgan and keenan in 1973 .the mk system remains the standard stellar spectral classification system used by astronomers today .during their long collaboration , keenan tended to focus his research on stars cooler than the sun , while morgan emphasized the hotter stars .keenan had a long and productive career , publishing his final scientific paper in 1999 , seventy years after his first .


Facts:   - death place: pensacola , florida , us    - jr/sr: united states senator    - president: jefferson davis    - successor: position abolished adonijah welch    - party: democratic    - death date: november 9 , 1873 1812    - predecessor: position established david yulee    - office: confederate states secretary of the navy      - term end: may 2 , 1865 january 21 , 1861    - term start: march 4 , 1861 march 4 , 1851    - state: florida    - name: stephen mallory    - birth date: 1812    - image: hon. _ - _ nara _ - _ 528705.jpg _ john_a . _ gurley , _ ohio    - birth place: trinidad tobago -rrb- , british west indies -lrb- now trinidad and    - religion: roman catholicism   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of stephen mallory .
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Answer: stephen russell mallory -lrb- 1812 -- november 9 , 1873 -rrb- served in the united states senate as senator -lrb- democrat -rrb- from florida from 1850 to the secession of his home state and the outbreak of the american civil war .for much of that period , he was chairman of the committee on naval affairs .this was a time of rapid naval reform , and he insisted that the ships of the united states navy should be as capable as those of great britain and france , the foremost navies in the world at that time .he also wrote a bill , and guided it through congress , that provided for compulsory retirement of officers who did not meet the standards of the profession .although he was not a leader in the secession movement , mallory followed his state out of the union .when the confederate states of america was formed , he was named secretary of the navy in the administration of president jefferson davis .he held the position throughout the existence of the confederacy .because of indifference to naval matters by most others in the confederacy , mallory was able to shape the confederate navy according to the principles he had learned while serving in the us senate .some of his ideas , such as the incorporation of armor into warship construction , were quite successful and became standard in navies around the world .on the other hand , the navy was often handicapped by administrative ineptitude in the navy department .during the war , he was weakened politically by a congressional investigation into the navy department for its failure in defense of new orleans .after months of taking testimony , the investigating committee concluded that it had no evidence of wrongdoing on his part .mallory resigned after the confederate government had fled from richmond at the end of the war , and he and several of his colleagues in the cabinet were imprisoned and charged with treason .after more than a year in prison , the public mood had softened , and he was granted parole by president andrew johnson .he returned to...


Facts:   - death place: pacific , washington , united states    - caption: adams in 1971    - term: 1973 & ndash ; 1981 1969 -- 1973    - party: democratic    - death date: 5 june 1985    - office: member 27th district member of the washington house of representatives for of the 26th district the washington house of representatives for the      - birth date: 22 august 1900    - name: a. a. adams    - image size: 180px    - image: representative a. a. adams , 1971.jpg    - birth place: bellingham , washington , united states   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of a. a. adams .
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allen aber adams -lrb- august 22 , 1900 -- june 5 , 1985 -rrb- was an american politician in the state of washington .he served in the washington house of representatives from 1969 to 1981 .