Wentworth Erck FRAS (27 July 1827 – 15 January 1890) was an Irish astronomer, poor-law guardian and magistrate. In astronomy, his most notable observations...

Michael Everson – expert in writing systems and Unicode, born in the U.S. Wentworth Erck – astronomer, poor-law guardian and magistrate Harry Ferguson – engineer...

outstanding astronomer at the age of 35. His colleague and friend, Wentworth Erck, wrote in the Astronomical Register: 'His loss will be deeply felt by...