page_title: John Brashear
section_title: Honors
hierarchical_section_title: John Brashear / Honors
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture from the autobiography of John Brashear, the scientific instrument maker. The photograph is of a plate mounted in the crypt of the New Allegheny Observatory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
context_page_description: Dr. John Alfred Brashear was an American astronomer and instrument builder.
context_section_description: He was awarded the Elliott Cresson Medal of The Franklin Institute in 1910.
  The Brashear Association was founded in 1916 in his memory.
  In 2012, the John A. Brashear House and Factory at 1954 Perrysville Avenue in the Perry South neighborhood of Pittsburgh was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  Named for him:
  The crater Brashear on the Moon
  The crater Brashear on Mars
  Asteroid 5502 Brashear
  Brashear High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1976)
  Brashear Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  One of the telescopes at the Goodsell Observatory
caption: Plaque in the crypt of the Allegheny Observatory
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