William Bayly (1737–1810) was an English astronomer. Bayly was born at Bishops Cannings, or Carions, in Wiltshire. His father was a small farmer, and Bayly's...

William Bayly may refer to: William Bayly (astronomer) (1737–1810), English astronomer William Bayly (barrister) (1540–1612), English barrister and politician...

Bayly is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ada Ellen Bayly (1857–1903), English novelist and women's suffrage supporter Alfred Bayly...

William Wales (1734? – 29 December 1798) was a British mathematician and astronomer who sailed on Captain Cook's second voyage of discovery, then became...

Sir William Rowan Hamilton FRAS (3/4 August 1805 – 2 September 1865) was an Irish mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. He was Andrews Professor of...

Norway in 1769 with William Bayly to observe another transit of Venus. The two split up, with Dixon at Hammerfest Island and Bayly at North Cape, in order...

Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Households of the United Kingdom. There are two officers, the senior being the astronomer royal dating from...

Pennsylvania Francis Baily (1774–1844), English astronomer Gavin Baily (born 1971), English artist, one half of Corby & Baily Jaime Bayly (born 1965), Peruvian...

Canada William Christie (Conservative politician) (1830–1913), British Member of Parliament for Lewes, 1874–1885 William Christie (astronomer) (1845–1922)...

The following is a list of astronomers, astrophysicists and other notable people who have made contributions to the field of astronomy. They may have...

Charles Green (baptised 26 December 1734 – 29 January 1771) was a British astronomer, noted for his assignment by the Royal Society in 1768 to the expedition...

William Henry Finlay (FRAS) (17 June 1849, in Liverpool – 7 December 1924, in Grahamstown, South Africa) was a South African astronomer. He was First...

1773 – 27 January 1860), was a British Army officer, administrator, and astronomer. Upon the recommendation of the Duke of Wellington, with whom he had served...

pioneer Herbert Bayer (1900–1985), Austrian graphic designer, painter, and photographer Johann Bayer (1572–1625), German astronomer Josef Bayer (1852–1913)...

Charles Green on Tahiti Jeremiah Dixon and William Bayly in northern Norway, Dixon at Hammerfest and Bayly at North Cape Maximilian Hell and János Sajnovics...

since the time of the ancient Greek astronomers Ptolemy and Hipparchus. William Herschel was the first astronomer to attempt to determine the distribution...

at Kew Gardens, he accepted a position as a servant to William Bayly, the official astronomer on HMS Resolution. He was promoted to able seaman; however...

played James Bond, 1986–1994 Richard Ellis (born 1950), California-based astronomer, born and went to school in Old Colwyn Paula Yates (1959–2000), British...

sportsman Samuel Stevens Sands and to Lewis Morris Rutherfurd Jr., son of the astronomer Lewis Morris Rutherfurd. Her second husband had died in Switzerland in...

highest peaks in the Santa Cruz Mountains. From 1976 through 1990 amateur astronomer Donald Machholz set up his telescope an average of 120 times a year on...

Flamsteed FRS (19 August 1646 – 31 December 1719) was an English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal. His main achievements were the preparation of a 3...

start of the Holocene some 11,000 years ago. The Greek geographer and astronomer Claudius Ptolemy (died c170 AD) referred in his writings to Morikambe...

English mathematician and astronomer, as well as the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics from 1826 to 1828 and the seventh Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881...

site. There are persistent rumors that David Rittenhouse, the famous astronomer and instrument-maker of Pennsylvania, surveyed the circle around New Castle...

along with Chris Lintott, Jon Culshaw, Professor Brian Cox, and the Astronomer Royal Martin Rees who, on departing the panel, told Brian May, who was...

Alan William James Cousins FRAS (8 August 1903 – 11 May 2001) was a South African astronomer. His career spanned 70 years during which time he concentrated...

April 2015). "Sir Christopher Bayly obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2015. "Professor Sir Christopher Bayly, historian – obituary". The Telegraph...

Coulomb's law Thomas Cowling, British mathematician and astronomer – Cowling model William Cowper, British anatomist – Cowper's gland Michael Cowpland...

performance of the clocks was recorded in the logbooks of astronomers William Wales and William Bayly, and as early as 1772 Wales had noted that the watch...

Leavitt (/ˈlɛvɪt/; July 4, 1868 – December 12, 1921) was an American astronomer. Her discovery of how to effectively measure vast distances to remote...