death_place death_date birth_place ethnicity credits birth_date gender article_title name occupation
cranford , new jersey 13 august 1958 elmira , new york english-american '' amateur telescope making '' , vols . 1-3 january 16 , 1888 male albert graham ingalls
 albert graham ingalls associate editor , '' scientific american ''
albert graham ingalls

albert graham ingalls -lrb- january 16 , 1888 -- august 13 , 1958 -rrb- was an american scientific editor and amateur astronomer .
through his columns in `` scientific american '' , including `` the amateur scientist '' , and his three-volume series `` amateur telescope making '' , ingalls exerted a great influence on amateur astronomy and amateur telescope making in the united states .
