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- Émile Cambron, S.J.
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Born in Sherbrooke (Québec), Émile Cambron, S.J. entered the Society of Jesus in Montreal in 1917. During his Jesuit formation, he studied astronomy and physics at Université de Montréal. From 1930 to 1953, he taught physics and mathematics at Collège Sainte-Marie, where he also supervised the science laboratory that housed a large telescope for astronomical observations.
In 1957 Father Cambron joined the Jesuit team at University College Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), where he taught physics and supervised the science laboratory for fifteen years. He also worked at the Addis Ababa Geophysical Observatory from its foundation that same year. In 1959, he was named assistant director of the Astronomical Observatory and, in 1967, professor of astronomy. Father Cambron returned to Montreal in 1972, where he worked closely with Ernesto Gherzi, S.J. at the Observatoire de géophysique du Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, until his retirement in 1973.