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Photo Gallery: Home of Robert Grier
Marker text:
Robert Grier, astronomer and founder of "Grier's Almanac," and his family
lived about one mile from here and are buried in a family cemetery near the
home.
Robert Grier was born in 1780 at his father's home in Taliaferro Co. He
attended old Union Academy in Green Co., studying mathematics and astronomy
under his uncle.
"Grier's Almanac" was first published in 1807 as "The Georgia and South
Carolina Almanack". Published continuously since its founding, it became
"Grier's Almanac" soon after Robert Grier's death May 4, 1848. Circulation
is almost 2 1/2 million copies annually.
018-8 Georgia Historical Commission 1962
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