George Bishop (21 August 1785, in Leicester – 14 June 1861), was an English astronomer of the nineteenth century. At the age of eighteen Bishop entered...
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George Bishop is the name of: George Bishop (astronomer) (1785–1861), British astronomer George Bishop's Observatory, the observatory built by Bishop...
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George Bishop's Observatory (code: 969) was an astronomical observatory erected in 1836 by the astronomer George Bishop near his residence at the South...
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1763 or 1766 – died 14 September 1835) was the first Royal Astronomer of Ireland and later Bishop of Cloyne. He was President of the Royal Irish Academy (1822–35)...
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duplicates were ordered for France, Spain and Russia. Bird supplied the astronomer James Bradley with further instruments of such quality that the commissioners...
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Nicolaus Copernicus (category 16th-century German astronomers)
the Younger (1447–1512), who would become Bishop of Warmia and Copernicus's patron; Barbara, the astronomer's mother (deceased after 1495); and Christina...
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may have been that George had "threatened to question the legality of the royal marriage" and he may have discovered from Bishop Robert Stillington of...
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FitzGerald was consecrated Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross in 1857 and translated to Killaloe and Clonfert in 1862. George returned to Dublin and entered...
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later Middle Ages; economist, mathematician, physicist, astronomer, philosopher, theologian and Bishop of Lisieux, and competent translator; one of the most...
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The Astronomer (Dutch: De astronoom) is a painting finished in about 1668 by the Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer. It is in oil on canvas with...
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Thomas Wright (22 September 1711 – 25 February 1786) was an English astronomer, mathematician, instrument maker, architect and garden designer. He was...
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History of astronomy (redirect from Ancient astronomers)
emerged about astronomy. One such idea was contributed in 1593 by Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who developed a heliocentric model that depicted...
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early Christian bishop, the prototype for Santa Claus Saint George, Roman soldier and early Christian martyr Basil of Caesarea, Bishop and theologian Gregory...
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mathematician and astronomer (d. 998) Abdollah ibn Bukhtishu, Syrian physician and scientist (d. 1058) Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, Persian astronomer and mathematician...
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at Harvard and author of textbooks George William Hill (1838–1914), American mathematician and astronomer George Hill (director) (1895–1934), American...
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Southampton Thomas Wright, astronomer The nearest Met Office weather station to Bishop Auckland is located 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Bishop Auckland in Durham...
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on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor...
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Bishops Cannings is a village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey in Wiltshire, England, 3 miles (5 km) north-east of Devizes. The parish includes...
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James Bradley (redirect from James Bradley (astronomer))
(September 1692 – 13 July 1762) was an English astronomer and priest who served as the third Astronomer Royal from 1742. He is best known for two fundamental...
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Nicephorus Gregoras (category Byzantine astronomers)
Γρηγορᾶς, Nikēphoros Grēgoras; c. 1295 – 1360) was a Byzantine Greek astronomer, historian, and theologian. His 37-volume Roman History, a work of erudition...
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bishop, president of the Royal Irish Academy and noted mathematician. Robert Perceval Graves (Classics, 1830), Irish biographer and clergyman George Hamond...
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composer (d. 1652) John Bainbridge, English astronomer (d. 1648) Richard Corbet, English poet and bishop (d. 1635) William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury...
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politician Jonathan Gledhill (1949–2021), Bishop of Lichfield Joseph Gledhill (1837–1906), British astronomer Keith Gledhill (1911–1999), American tennis...
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Jeremiah Dixon (category 18th-century British astronomers)
line. Dixon was born in Cockfield, near Bishop Auckland, County Durham, in 1733, one of seven children, to George Dixon, a coal mine owner, and Mary Hunter...
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Graeme Garden Edward Pritchard Gee Edward George, Baron George Dick Greenwood Alexander Guttenplan Joseph Hall, Bishop Clare Hammond John Harvard, one of the...
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Anton Karl de Ball (1853–1916), German-Austrian astronomer Loren C. Ball (born 1948), American astronomer Mary Ball (1812–1892), Irish naturalist and entomologist...
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John Russell Hind (category 19th-century English astronomers)
Russell Hind FRS FRSE LLD (12 May 1823 – 23 December 1895) was an English astronomer. John Russell Hind was born in 1823 in Nottingham, the son of lace manufacturer...
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mathematical historian and astronomer Stephen Rigaud (1816-1859), English clergyman and schoolmaster Rigaud of Assier (d.1323), Bishop of Winchester, England...
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(1856–1912) – poet and Roman Catholic priest Frederic Baraga (1797–1868) – bishop, author Vladimir Bartol (1903–1967) – author France Bevk (1890–1970) – author...
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Desideratus, French saint exact date unknown Aryabhata, Indian mathematician-astronomer (b. 476) Buddhapālita, Indian Madhyamaka scholar (b. 470) Drest V, king...
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