Facts: - death place: washington , dc , united states - residence: 9th and f st , washington , dc - caption: artemas martin -lrb- us naval observatory -rrb- - fields: mathematics , puzzles , diophantine analysis - death date: 7 november 1918 - ethnicity: english - workplaces: u.s. coast survey - awards: honorary degrees - birth date: august 3 , 1835 - name: artemas martin - citizenship: american - image: artemas martin.jpg - birth place: steuben county , new york Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of artemas martin .
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artemas martin -lrb- 1835 -- 1918 -rrb- was a self-educated american mathematician .