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Location: Central Park, Cambridge
Emplacement : Parc Central, Cambridge
Coordinates · Coordonnées: 43.396831, -80.359246
Source: Parks Canada – Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada commemorative plaques (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)
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Otto Julius Klotz

Born at Preston, Upper Canada, and educated at Toronto and Michigan Universities, Klotz joined the public service in 1879. For thirty years he was engaged in topographical surveys in British Columbia, the Canadian Northwest, and Alaska. Appointed Assistant Chief Astronomer in 1908, he became director of the Dominion Observatory in 1917. The author of many papers on astronomy and geography, he was elected to fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada in 1910. He died at Ottawa.

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Otto Julius Klotz

Né à Preston (Haut-Canada), Klotz étudia à Toronto et au Michigan. Entré au service public en 1879, il oeuvra pendant trente ans aux levés topographiques en Colombie-Britannique, au Nord-Ouest canadien et en Alaska. Astronome-chef adjoint en 1908, il devint directeur de l’Observatoire du Dominion en 1917. Il publia nombre d’articles portant sur l’astronomie et la géographie et devint membre de la Société royale du Canada en 1910. Il mourut à Ottawa.