JohnLee LL.D 28 April 1783 25 February 1866 , born John Fiott , was an England English philanthropist , astronomer , mathematician , antiquarian and barrister . Family He was the eldest son of John Fiott and Harriet Lee. His father was involved in the family counting house business and was a failed East India merchant . He was orphaned when young and was brought up by his maternal uncle, William Lee Antonie . Education Lee read Mathematics at St John s College, Cambridge between 1802 and 1806, graduating ... name Fiott post Lee , John ref He was elected a fellow in 1808. Following his studies from 1807 1815 ... crater Lee crater Lee is named after him. References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lee, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1783 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1866 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lee, John Category 1783 births Category 1866 deaths Category ... he gained an interest in antiquities . Personal life He took the name Lee in 1816 at the request of his uncle. ref name Venn In 1833 Lee married Cecilia Rutter 23 July 1782 1 April 1854 . She died in 1854 ... Catherine Heath. Lee died at Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire Hartwell House . An obituary was published ... Lee inherited several properties from William Lee Antonie in 1815. Antonie s will predicated the inheritance on Lee changing his name by royal license from Fiott. The properties included Colworth House near Sharnbrook in Bedfordshire and Totteridge Park formerly in Hertfordshire . In 1827, Lee inherited Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire from Reverend Sir George Lee which became his main residence from 1829 until his death. Scientific work On 14 May 1824, Lee was elected as fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and was its president between 1861 and 1863. Lee became a Fellow of the Society ..., Lee built an astronomical observatory in the south west corner of Hartwell House. Lee helped found the Royal Meteorological Society in 1850 and was its president from 1855 1857. Lee was elected ... more details
John of Saxony or Johannes de Saxonia or John Danko or Dancowe of Saxony was an astronomer who spent most of his active career, from about 1327 1355, at the University of Paris . In 1327 he added an influential set of explanations and instructions Canons to the revision of the Alfonsine Tables by his master, John of Lini res . In his Canons, John divided the day into sixty parts rather than 24 hours, consistently representing time by sexagesimal fractions and multiples of a day. It is in this form that the Alfonsine tables circulated in Western Europe for the next three centuries. ref Lynn Thorndike, A History of Magic and Experimental Science, vol. 3, New York Columbia University Press, 1934 , pp. 255 8, 267. ref Among his other contributions were a commentary on Alchabitius Alcabitius s Introduction to the art of astrology, which went through eleven printed editions, and an Almanac h for the years 1336 to 1380 that he computed for the meridian of Paris using the Alfonsine tables. ref Lynn Thorndike, A History of Magic and Experimental Science, vol. 3, New York Columbia University Press, 1934 , pp. 262 6. ref Notes reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME John of Saxony ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Astronomer DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT John Of Saxony Category Almanac compilers Category Arab astrologers Category Astronomers Category Astrological texts sci hist stub it Giovanni di Sassonia astronomo ... more details
John Bird 1709 1776 , the great mathematical instrument maker, was born at Bishop Auckland . He worked in London for Jeremiah Sisson , and by 1745 he had his own business in the Strand. Bird was commissioned to make a brass quadrant 8 feet across for the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, where it is still preserved. Soon after, duplicates were ordered for France, Spain and Russia. Bird supplied the astronomer James Bradley with further instruments of such quality that the commissioners of longitude paid him 500 a huge sum on condition that he take on a 7 year apprentice and produce in writing upon oath, a full account of his working methods. This was the origin of Bird s two treatises The Method of Dividing Mathematical Instruments 1767 and The Method of Constructing Mural Quadrants 1768 . Both had a foreword from the astronomer royal Nevil Maskelyne . When the Houses of Parliament burned down in 1834, the standard yards of 1758 and 1760, both constructed by Bird, were destroyed. Bird,with his fellow County Durham savant William Emerson mathematician William Emerson makes an appearance in Mason and Dixon the novel by Thomas Pynchon . Further reading DSB first Silvio last Bedini title Bird, John volume 2 pages 140 141 External links These seem dead or useless http americanhistory2.si.edu surveying type.cfm?typeid 18 http www.nmsi.ac.uk piclib imagerecord.asp?id 10400429 http southseas.nla.gov.au biogs P000425b.htm Biography on South Seas Companion http albinoni.brera.unimi.it HEAVENS MUSEO Schede app1.html Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bird, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1709 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1776 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bird, John Category 1709 births Category 1776 deaths Category English astronomers Category 18th century astronomers Category Scientific instrument makers Category People from County Durham UK astronomer stub de John Bird es John Bird lb John Bird ... more details
John A. Carroll 1899 &ndash 1974 was a United Kingdom British astronomer and physicist . In the 1920s he worked at the Solar Physics Observatory, Cambridge , UK with F.J.M. Stratton and Richard van der Riet Woolley . Contributions to the development of computing While Professor of Natural Philosophy at Aberdeen University , Carroll had been interested in acquiring desk computing machines for his students. These greatly reduced the labour in producing the mathematical tables needed in astronomy and other fields, including gunnery. In 1942 he became assistant director of research at the Scientific Research and Experiment Department, an Admiralty body which coordinated naval research departments. With Donald Sadler and John Todd, he formed the Admiralty Computing Service in 1943, which itself formed the basis for the NPL Mathematics Division when the Second World War ended in 1945. The NPL Maths Division offered a practical computing service and was also a centre of research into electronic computing and numerical analysis. From 1964 to 68 Carroll was professor of astronomy at Gresham College , London . By this time he had been knighted and was Sir John Carroll. See also list of Gresham Professor of Astronomy Gresham Professors of Astronomy References Croarken, Mary. http www.iee.org OnComms pn History HistoryWk Computing in Britain.pdf Computing in Britain During World War II . Institution of Electrical Engineers IEE , 6 July 2002. Retrieved 26 April 2006. http www.asap.unimelb.edu.au bsparcs aasmemoirs woolley.htm Australian Academy of Science Reference in article about Richard Woolley. http www.cacr.caltech.edu Todd biography CalTech Reference in article about John Todd. Further ... see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Carroll, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1899 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1974 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Carroll, Johnastronomer Category 1899 ... astronomer stub ... more details
John Jones 1818&ndash 1898 , also known as Ioan Bryngwyn Bach and Y Seryddwr , was a Welsh amateur astronomer. ref http yba.llgc.org.uk en s JONE JHN 1818.html Welsh Biography Online ref Jones was born at Bryngwyn Bach, Dwyran, Anglesey, and received only an elementary education. From the age of twelve, he worked as a farm labourer, and later in the slate industry. Unusually for someone of his background, he was not only a musician and poet but proficient in several languages. However, he is noted mainly for his interest in astronomy he constructed his own telescopes, including Jumbo , reputed to be the first silver on glass reflecting telescope in Wales. ref http www.jonesbryn.plus.com wastronhist people jjones p jjones.html John Jones, Y Seryddwr ref Legacy Jones was praised by Samuel Smiles in his 1884 book Men of Invention and Industry , and in 2004, he was voted no 93 in a poll of 100 Welsh Heroes run by the BBC. ref http www.100welshheroes.com en biography johnjones 100 Welsh Heroes ref A plaque in his honour was erected by Ynys M n County Council at Brynsiencyn. References reflist Persondata NAME Jones, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1818 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1898 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Jones, John Category 1818 births Category 1898 deaths Category Welsh astronomers ... more details
Use dmy dates date September 2011 For others with the same name John Grigg disambiguation John Grigg 4 June 1838 &ndash 20 June 1920 was a New Zealand astronomer . He was born in London and married Emma Mitchell in 1858. In 1863 they emigrated to New Zealand and settled in Auckland , however Emma died in 1867. Grigg then moved to the town of Thames, New Zealand Thames . He married his second wife Sarah Allaway in 1871 but she died in 1874. He later married his third wife, Jane Henderson, in 1887. In all, he had six sons and three daughters by his three wives. The 1874 transit of Venus awakened his interest in astronomy , which he pursued full time starting in 1894. He began systematic searches for comet s in that year. He is best known for his co discovery of the periodic comet 26P Grigg Skjellerup in 1902, which was his first discovery of a new comet. References Wayne Orchiston, John Grigg, and the genesis of cometary astronomy in New Zealand , JBAA 103 1993 , 67 http adsbit.harvard.edu cgi bin nph iarticle query?bibcode 1993JBAA..103...67O Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Grigg,John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 4 June 1838 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 20 June 1920 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Grigg,John Category 1838 births Category 1920 deaths Category New Zealand astronomers Category English emigrants to New Zealand Category People from Thames, New Zealand Category People from Auckland de John Grigg sl John Grigg astronom ... more details
of Dublin , which carried the new title of Astronomer Royal for Ireland. Together with John Law , Bishop ... in the course of a year were disproved at Greenwich by his contemporary John Pond , the Astronomer ...The Rt. Rev. John Mortimer Brinkley D.D. ca. 1763?, Woodbridge, Suffolk spaced ndash 14 September 1835, Dublin was the first Royal Astronomer of Ireland and later Bishop of Cloyne . Early years Brinkley was born in Woodbridge, Suffolk and was baptised there on 31 January 1763, the illegitimate son of Sarah Brinkley, a butcher s daughter. On being admitted to University of Cambridge Cambridge , he was recorded as being the son of John Toler Brinkley, a vintner, but it is strongly suggested that his real father was John Toler, 1st Earl of Norbury , Chief Justice of the Irish Court of Common Pleas. ref Venn, John, http venn.csi.cam.ac.uk cgi bin search.pl?sur &suro c&fir &firo c&cit &cito c&c all&tex BRNY783J&sye &eye &col all&maxcount 50 Brinkley, John , Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College 1349 1897 , vol. ii, pp. 107 8. Cambridge University Press, 1898. ref ref Venn id BRNY783J name Brinkley, John ref His exact date of birth is unknown he has often been assigned the birth year 1763, as at least one obituary gives his age at death in 1835 as 72. ref Gentleman s Magazine . November 1835, p. 547. ref However, his memorial at Trinity College, Dublin states that he died aged 70 also, he was recorded as being 17 upon matriculation at Gonville and Caius College , University ... were the parents of two sons John 1793 1840 , a clergyman and Matthew 1797 1855 J.P., of Parsonstown ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Brinkley, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... Brinkley, John Category 1763 births Category 1835 deaths Category Irish astronomers Category ... fr John Brinkley astronome la Iohannes Brinkley ja pt John Brinkley ro John Brinkley astronom sl John Mortimer Brinkley ... more details
other people John Smith John Smith baptised 14 October 1711 &ndash 17 June 1795 was a British academic and astronomer. His father was an attorney named Henry Smith and his mother was Elizabeth Johnson. He was born in Coltishall , Norfolk and was educated at Norwich Grammar School and at Eton College Eton . He was admitted to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Caius College , Cambridge University in 1732. He received a Bachelor of Arts B.A. in 1735 6 and an Master of Arts Oxbridge and Dublin M.A. in 1739. He was successively dean 1744&ndash 1749 , bursar 1750&ndash 1753 , and president of the college 1754&ndash 1764 . He was Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Caius from 1764 to 1795, and Lowndean Professor of Astronomy from 1771 to 1795. He was ordained in 1739. He installed a meridian circle transit telescope above his college ante chapel. He does not seem to have left any scientific papers or given any lectures. External links cite book last Venn first John title Biographical history of Gonville and Caius College, 1349&ndash 1897 page 35 volume II 1713 to 1897 publisher Cambridge University Press year 1898 url http www.archive.org stream biographicalhist02vennuoft page 34 mode 2up accessdate 2011 03 04 cite journal journal The Observatory title Lowndes and the Lowndean Professorship volume 34 year 1911 pages 405&ndash 407 last Lynn first W. T. bibcode 1911Obs....34..405L cite journal journal The Observatory title Dr John Smith volume 34 year 1911 page 449 last Stratton first F. J. M. bibcode 1911Obs....34..449S Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Smith, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 14 October 1711 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 17 June 1795 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Smith, John Category 1711 births Category 1795 deaths Category Masters of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Category Lowndean Professors of Astronomy and Geometry ... more details
John Jackson 11 February 1887 9 December 1958 was a Scottish people Scottish astronomer . Born in Paisley , Renfrewshire , Scotland , he was educated at Paisley Grammar School , studying a range of subjects including the sciences and French and German, but not Latin or Greek, which were compulsory if he intended to sit the entrance examinations for university. Having excelled at science, in particular chemistry, he decided to try for the entrance exam for Glasgow University in spite of not studying the classics. During the summer of 1903 he studied hard to improve his knowledge of Latin, which saw him pass the university entrance exam sufficiently well to be awarded a 25 bursary. Graduating in 1907 with a first class honours Master of Arts degree in mathematics and natural philosophy, he was then awarded a fellowship of 100 a year for further study. The following year he undertook a Batchelor of Science degree, again at Glasgow University, with special distinction in mathematics , natural philosophy , astronomy and chemistry , winning medals in most of these subjects. Astronomy was studied under the tutelage of Ludwig Becker. Jackson gained a thorough grounding in the fundamental elements ... a vacancy as Chief Assistant arose at the Royal Observatory Greenwich and Jackson was selected by the Astronomer ... of His Majesty s Astronomer at Cape Observatory, Cape Town , South Africa . Jackson was appointed ... of photographic plates taken by David Gill astronomer David Gill of the sky above Cape Town, in order ... John Jackson was awarded The Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society for his work on stellar ... health plagued his later years and on 9 December 1958 John Jackson died after a brief illness. References Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Jackson, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... DEFAULTSORT Jackson, John Category 1887 births Category 1958 deaths Category People from Paisley Category ... Fellows of the Royal Society pl John Jackson astronom ru , sl John Jackson ... more details
John Waterhouse 3 August 1806 13 February1879 was a British astronomer and meteorologist who invented Waterhouse stop s. File Dallmeyer waterhouse.jpg right thumb 350px Two views of an early Dallmeyer Soft Focus Series B with a focal length of 8 1 2 and fast maximum aperture of f 3, with a Waterhouse stop shown inserted left and removed right . File Mr. Waterhouse Harrison 1892.png thumb right 350px An invention of Mr. Waterhouse was an alkaline gold toning bath, described in this page from W. Jerome Harrison, The Chemistry of Photography , New York Scovill & Adams, 1892, http books.google.com books?vid OCLC03806485&id 38MJAAAAIAAJ&pg RA1 PA342&lpg RA1 PA342&dq intitle photography Waterhouse&as brr 1 online He was born at Well Head House in Halifax, Yorkshire the eldest son of John and Grace Elizabeth n e Rawson Waterhouse. Well Head had extensive gardens with greenhouses and a staff of 6 gardeners. They cultivated exotic ferns, including a Leptopteris todea superba which Waterhouse had imported from New Zealand in 1860 and which is now at Kew Gardens . At the house, he built an observatory and meteorological station. Louis John Crossley studied at his laboratory. In 1834 he was President of the Halifax Mechanics Institute . In the same year he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society . ref cite web url http www2.royalsociety.org DServe dserve.exe?dsqIni Dserve.ini&dsqApp Archive&dsqCmd Show.tcl&dsqDb Persons&dsqPos 2&dsqSearch 28Surname 3D 27waterhouse 27 29 title Library and Archive Catalogue publisher Royal Society accessdate 20 October 2010 ref He was also a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society . In 1839 he travelled around the world for health reasons. Over a period ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Waterhouse, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British astronomer DATE OF BIRTH 3 August 1806 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1879 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Waterhouse, John Category 1806 births Category 1879 deaths Category People from Halifax, West ... more details
John Drew 1809 17 Dec. 1857 , was a self educated English astronomer . Early life and education Drew was born at Bower Chalke Bower Chalke, Wiltshire , in 1809. His father died when Drew was only a year old. Drew was self educated. He was so successful at this that by the age of fifteen he was prepared to teach professionally. He spent two years as an assistant in a school at Melksham , after which he moved to Southampton , where he taught for another sixteen years. He was a corresponding member of the Philosophical Institute of B le, and had taken a degree of Doctor of Philosophy doctor in philosophy at the University of Basel university of the same place. Career Drew s first celestial observations were made with a three and a half foot refractor . In 1847, he installed a five foot achromatic telescope by Dollond, mounted equatorially, in a small observatory he built for the purpose in his garden. With the help of a transit circle by Jones and of the Beaufoy clock, lent by the Royal Astronomical Society , he very accurately determined the time, and supplied it during many years to the ships leaving Southampton. He published a number of papers on astronomy, geology, and meterology . At the Southampton meeting of the British Association in 1846, Drew was appointed one of the secretaries of the mathematical section, and printed for the use of the association a pamphlet On the Objects worthy of Attention in an Excursion round the Isle of Wight, including an Account of the Geological Formations as exhibited in the Sections along the Coast. Also, on 9 January, 1846, he was elected a member of the Royal Astronomical Society Between 1848 and 1853, he took systematic meteorological ... along the Coast. 1846 References reflist DNB wstitle Drew, John One source date February 2011 DEFAULTSORT Drew, John Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata NAME Drew, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Astronomer DATE OF BIRTH 1809 PLACE OF BIRTH Bower Chalke, Wiltshire, England DATE ... more details
Use British English date August 2011 Use dmy dates date August 2011 John Bainbridge 1582 &ndash 3 November 1643 was an English astronomer . Life Bainbridge was born at Ashby de la Zouch , in Leicestershire . He started as a physician and practised for some years, kept a school and studied astronomy . Having removed to London, he was admitted 6 November 1618 a licentiate of the college of physicians, and was noticed due to a publication concerning the comet of 1618. Sir Henry Savile 1549 1622 then appointed him in 1610 to the Savilian chair of astronomy just founded by him at university of Oxford Oxford Bainbridge was incorporated of Merton College, Oxford Merton College and became, in 1631 and 1635 respectively, junior and senior reader of Thomas Linacre Linacre s lectures. He died at Oxford on 3 November 1643. He was a friend of Christopher Heydon , the writer on astrology and also of John Greaves , his successor to both the Savilian chair and Linacre s lectures. ref cite book title Miscellaneous works of Mr. John Greaves last Birch first Thomas year 1737 publisher J. Brindley and C. Corbett location London page xii url http www.archive.org details miscellaneouswo13unkngoog accessdate 6 May 2011 ref Works He wrote An Astronomical Description of the late Comet 1619 Canicularia 1648 and translated Proclus De Sphaera , and Ptolemy s De Planetarum Hypothesibus 1620 . Several manuscript ... cite journal last1 first1 year 1943 title Tercentenary of John Bainbridge journal Nature volume ... came from archbishop James Ussher , possibly through John Greaves , who knew both men well. Bainbridge ..., John Andrew Pyle philosopher Andrew Pyle editor , Dictionary of Seventeenth Century British Philosophers ..., John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1582 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 3 November 1643 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bainbridge, John Category 1582 births Category 1643 deaths Category ... of Oxford es John Bainbridge fr John Bainbridge pl John Bainbridge pt John Bainbridge sl John ... more details
File John Henry Reynolds.png right 200px John Henry Reynolds 1874 1949 was a Great Britain British astronomy astronomer who served as the president of the Royal Astronomical Society between 1935 and 1937 and is known for his work on the classification of stellar bodies. ref cite web title Past RAS Presidents url http www.ras.org.uk news and press 89 news2005 766 past ras presidents publisher Royal Astronomical Society accessdate 30 January 2011 ref An amateur, he was the son of Alfred John Reynolds, the Lord Mayor of Birmingham , who owned a company which cut nails. ref cite web title Local History url http www.newmanlocalhistory.org.uk wp content uploads history10 vol13.pdf work Mayors of Birmingham 1838 1895. Lord Mayors 1896 1975 publisher Newman University College accessdate 30 January 2011 ref ref cite book last David Block, Ken Freeman title Shrouds of the night masks of the Milky Way and our awesome new view of galaxies year 2008 publisher Springer Science Business Media isbn 9780387789743 pages 185 url http books.google.com books?id 5pkoccWM6uEC&lpg PA203&dq J. 20H. 20Reynolds 20astronomy&pg PA187 v onepage&q J. 20H. 20Reynolds 20astronomy&f false ref In 1899, at age 25, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and in 1907, he financed the construction of a 30 inch reflecting telescope in Helwan , Egypt , the first large telescope to study objects in the such southerly skies. He also hand constructed a 28 inch telescope in Harborne . ref Ibid., 187 ref Images from the Reynolds telescope was later used by G rard de Vaucouleurs in his system of classifying galaxies Reynolds also published his own classification for spiral galaxies in 1920. Edwin Hubble frequently corresponded with Reynolds, and some of his findings into the classification of stellar .... References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Reynolds, John ALTERNATIVE ... Reynolds, John Category British astronomers Category 1874 births Category 1949 deaths ... more details
sidewalkastronomers.us John Dobson A Brief Biography ref This article is about John L. Dobson, the amateur astronomer. For other men with a similar name, see John Dobson . John Lowry Dobson born ... astronomy dobson astronomer 000507.html John Dobson Amateur Astronomy s Revolutionary ref Over ... A Sidewalk Astronomer A film about Astronomy, Cosmology and John Dobson http www.themoonisnew.com ...Infobox person name John L. Dobson image JohnDobson2002.jpg alt caption John Dobson in 2002. birth name ... public lectures including his performances of sidewalk astronomy . John Dobson is also the co ... John Dobson was born in Beijing , People s Republic of China China . His maternal grandfather founded ... nonstandard cosmology theories. Time at the monastery As a teen John Dobson became a belligerent atheism ... Order religious Order . One of John s responsibilities at the monastery was to reconcile ... John Dobson was given the option of ceasing his telescope building or leaving the order. He chose ..., the Crater Lake Institute presented John Dobson with its Annual Award for Excellence in Public ... listed John Dobson as among 35 individuals who have made a major difference during the lifetime of that periodical. ref http www.smithsonianmag.com people places dobson.html 35 Who Made a Difference John ... on display at Stellafane in the early 1980s main Dobsonian telescope John Dobson is most notable ... 2006 09 innovator profile john dobson.html 9.18.2006 Innovator Profile John Dobson ... s Guide to Astronomical Telescopes & Binoculars, Springer, 2007, page 38 ref Sidewalk astronomers John ... Bang model does not hold up to scrutiny. ref Jeffrey Fox Jacobs, A Sidewalk Astronomer , documentary ... of Maya by John Dobson ref He suggests that this model has become quite tortured , likening it to the Ptolemaic ... http quanta gaia.org dobson origins.html Origins by John Dobson ref Dobson contends that although ... view, namely, that it might have arisen from some warm pool . ref name origins Publications by John ... more details
Expert subject Biography date April 2009 John Birmingham 1816 1884 was an Irish astronomer , amateur geologist , polymath and poet. He spent six or seven years travelling widely in Europe where he became proficient in several languages. In 1866 he discovered the recurrent nova T Coronae Borealis . He studied and wrote articles on planets, meteor showers and sunspots . Early years He was born and grew up on the Millbrook Estate outside Milltown, County Galway Milltown , County Galway and was educated at St. Jarlath s College in Tuam . Between 1844 and 1854 he spent several years travelling through Europe, and is thought to have studied in Berlin. In 1846 and 1847 he was active in Great Irish Famine Famine relief around Tuam. In 1852 he visited Rome. When he returned home in 1854 he built up a network of newspapers and magazines to which he started contributing articles on scientific and other matters. He first attracted attention with his articles on sedimentary rocks in the west of Ireland which he contributed to the Journal of the Geological Society of Dublin . ref name ria dict cite book last McGuire first James last2 Quinn first2 James year 2009 title Dictionary of Irish Biography volume Volume I page 554 location Dublin publisher Royal Irish Academy Cambridge University Press ... of the Mare Frigoris , and to the east of the W. Bond walled plain. Study of red stars John ... . He had correspondence with other leading astronomers. Epilogue John Birmingham was an only child ... and John, like William E Wilson had numerous contacts at Dunsink Observatory . Further reading DSB first M.A. last Hoskin title Birmingham, John volume 2 pages 146 147 References No footnotes date ... tuamites john birmingham.htm Tuam family histories Galway astronomy club http galwayastronomyclub.ie ... . NAME Birmingham, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1816 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1884 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Birmingham, John Category Irish astronomers Category ... more details
JohnLee may refer to tocright Politicians and government officials JohnLee, Baron Lee of Trafford born 1942 , former Minister and Conservative Member of Parliament for Pendle, 1979 1992 JohnLee Attorney ... and Clitheroe JohnLee 1695 1761 , British Member of Parliament for Newport and Malmesbury JohnLee ... Lee Maryland politician 1788 1871 , Maryland representative in the 18th United States Congress JohnLee Australian politician 1885 1957 , New South Wales state politician JohnLee New South Wales born 1964 , Australian bureaucrat John A. Lee 1891 1982 , New Zealand politician John C. Lee 1828 1891 , American Republican politician Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1868 1872 John Jay Lee born 1955 , Nevada politician JohnLeeLee 1802 1874 , British Member of Parliament for Wells, 1830 1837 John Joseph Lee born 1942 , Irish historian, former senator and professor Arts and entertainment JohnLee artist , British Pre Raphaelite artist JohnLee author born 1931 , American thriller writer and lecturer JohnLee actor 1928 2000 , Australian television actor JohnLee producer born 1972 , co creator of MTV2 comedy show Wonder Showzen John B. Lee born 1951 , Canadian poet John H. Lee 1847 1890 , American banjoist, composer and author John Rafter Lee , actor and voice actor best known for his work in on Flux Academia JohnLeeastronomer 1783 1866 , President of the Royal Astronomical Society 1861 1863 JohnLee pathologist , English consultant histopathologist JohnLee university principal 1779 1859 , University of Edinburgh Principal 1840 1859 Other JohnLee placekicker born 1964 , UCLA football player John Babbacombe Lee 1864 1941 , convicted English murderer noted for surviving three attempts to hang him General John C. H. Lee 1887 1958 , deputy commander of U.S. forces in Europe in World War II John D. Lee 1812 1877 , Mormon leader John P. Lee , former American college football coach JohnLee footballer 1869 after 1899 , English footballer for Small Heath John W. Lee , British athlete ... more details
John Alfred Alexander Lee Distinguished Conduct Medal DCM 31 October 1891 &ndash 13 June 1982 was a New ..., 1977 Early Days in New Zealand, 1977 The John A. Lee Diaries 1936 1940, 1981 The Politician ... also produced a political journal, John A Lee s Weekly which underwent several name changes from ... LeeJohnAlfredAlexanderDcm en 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand reflist John A Lee by Erik ... Lee, John A ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION New Zealand politician DATE OF BIRTH 31 October 1891 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 13 June 1982 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lee, John A Category New Zealand ... John A. Lee ro John A. Lee ... Zealand s political history. Early life Lee was born in Dunedin in 1891, the son of Alfred Lee and Mary ... due to his father s gambling and alcoholism. Lee s mother had little income, and the family experienced considerable financial hardship. Lee did not do well at school, and he was often truancy .... Three years after being released, Lee enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force , and served ... returning home, Lee became active in the New Zealand Labour Party Labour Party . Lee had been a committed ... of his jail cell, and in the army, he had been known as Bolshevik Bolshie Lee for his views. Lee s status ... had caused many to brand it unpatriotic &mdash Lee, a decorated and wounded soldier, was able to counter this perception quite effectively. By 1920, Lee was on the Labour Party s national executive. In 1921, Lee contested a by election in the Auckland East New Zealand electorate Auckland East seat ... and economics. Lee was re elected in the New Zealand general election, 1925 1925 elections with a majority ... Zealand general election, 1928 1928 elections . Lee then took a job managing the Palace Hotel in Rotorua ..., 1931 1931 elections , Lee won the seat of Grey Lynn New Zealand electorate Grey Lynn , having controversially ... issue of the day was the Great Depression , and Lee played a significant role in the formulation ... more details
JohnLeeLee 11 December 1802 16 August 1874 ref Rayment hc w 2 date March 2012 ref was a British Liberal Party UK Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom House of Commons from 1830 to 1837. In 1830 Lee was elected one of the Members of Parliament for Wells UK Parliament constituency Wells . He held the seat until 1837. Lee s first wife Jessy Edwards Vaughan was the daughter of John Edwards Vaughan of Rheola who was fellow MP for Wells from 1830 to 1832. Their son Vaughan Hanning Vaughan Lee was later an MP for West Somerset. Lee lived at Dillington House, Ilminster. He died at the age of 71. References reflist External links Hansard contribs mr johnleeJohnLeeLee s start s par uk s bef before John Paine Tudway br Charles William Taylor s ttl title Member of Parliament for Wells UK Parliament constituency Wells years United Kingdom general election, 1830 1830 United Kingdom general election, 1837 1837 with John Edwards Vaughan to 1832 with2 Norman Lamont MP for Wells Norman Lamont from 1832 s aft after Sir William Goodenough Hayter, 1st Baronet William Goodenough Hayter br Richard Blakemore s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lee, JohnLee ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 11 December 1802 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 16 August 1874 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lee, JohnLee Category 1802 births Category 1874 deaths Category Liberal Party UK MPs Category Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies Category UK MPs 1830 1831 Category UK MPs 1831 1832 Category UK MPs 1832 1835 Category UK MPs 1835 1837 Category People from Ilminster Liberal UK MP stub ... more details
The Astronomer may refer to Vita Hludovici or the Limousin Astronomer , the anonymous author of the Vita Hludovici, a biography of Holy Roman Emperor Louis the Pious The Astronomer painting , an oil painting by the 17th century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer disambig ... more details
File JohannesVermeer TheAstronomer 1668 .jpg thumb 250px The Astronomer Vermeer The Astronomer by Johannes Vermeer c. 1668 An astronomer is a scientist who studies Celestial body celestial bodies such as planet s, star s and Galaxy galaxies . Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using physical laws. Today, that distinction has mostly disappeared and the terms astronomer and astrophysicist are interchangeable. Professional astronomers are highly educated individuals who typically have a PhD in physics or astronomy and are employed by research institutions or University universities . ref Cite web url http www.noao.edu education astfaq.html title Frequently Asked Questions About Becoming an Astronomer accessdate 29 March 2009 work publisher NOAO ref They spend the majority of their time working on research, although they quite often have other duties such as teaching, building instruments, or aiding in the operation of an observatory. The number of professional astronomers in the United States is actually quite small. The American Astronomical Society , which is the major organization of professional astronomers in North America, has approximately 7,700 members. This number includes scientists from other fields such as physics, geology , and engineering , whose research interests are closely related to astronomy. ref Cite web url http aas.org title American Astronomical Society Home accessdate 14 August 2009 work publisher ... astronomer peering through a telescope through the dark hours of the night, it is very rare for a modern professional astronomer to use an eyepiece on a larger telescope . It is far more common to use ... Esposito editor first John title The Oxford History of Islam year 1999 publisher Oxford University ... kaa Astronom ro Astronom ru scn Astr numu si simple Astronomer sk Astron m ... more details
BLP sources date July 2010 File JohnLeeHookerJr06.jpg thumb right performing in Auburn, Maine in 2006 John Lee Hooker Jr is a blues musician, born in 1952 in Detroit . He is the son of the late John Lee Hooker . The younger Hooker s musical style is markedly modernized, featuring contemporary arrangements. In 2008 Hooker toured with a back up band consisting of George Lacson Bass , Jeff Horan Guitar , Mike Rogers Drums , and Gig Anderson Keys . His 2004 debut album, Blues with a Vengeance , was nominated for a Grammy. ref name Leggett cite web url Allmusic class artist id p665221 pure url yes title Biography John Lee Hooker, Jr. last Leggett first Steve publisher Allmusic accessdate 31 July 2010 ref His third album, All Odds Against Me was released on August 19, 2008 and was nominated for a Grammy that year in the Best Traditional Blues CD category. References Reflist External links http www.johnleehookerjr.com Official Site of John Lee Hooker Jr. http www.allaboutjazz.com php news.php?id 32591 John Lee Hooker Jr interview at allaboutjazz.com http www.absentamusical.com nov 2010 interview john lee hooker jr.html John Lee Hooker Jr interview at Absenta Musical http artistconnectionpodcast.libsyn.com episode 010 john lee hooker jr John Lee Hooker Jr interview at Artist Connection Podcast Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hooker ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1952 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hooker Category American blues musicians Category Living people Category 1952 births Category People from Illinois de John Lee Hooker junior ... more details
Infobox cyclist name JohnLee Augustyn image JohnLee Augustyn Ster Elektrotoer 2008.jpg fullname JohnLee Augustyn nickname birth date Birth date and age 1986 8 10 birth place Kimberley, Northern Cape Kimberley , South Africa height weight currentteam ct DER discipline Road role Rider ridertype Climber amateurteams amateuryears proyears 2005 2006 br 2007 2009 br 2010 2011 br 2012 proteams Konica Minolta br ct BAR 2007 br ct SKY 2010 br ct DER 2012 majorwins updated 6 January 2012 JohnLee Augustyn born August 10, 1986 is a South Africa n professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team ct DER . ref cite news url http www.velonation.com News ID 10102 Augustyn speaks about move from Team Sky to Utensilnord Named squad.aspx title Augustyn speaks about move from Team Sky to Utensilnord Named squad first Shane last Stokes work VeloNation publisher VeloNation LLC date 14 October 2011 accessdate 6 January 2012 ref Tour de France 2008 During Stage 16 of the Tour de France 2008 2008 Tour in his second professional year, JohnLee crested Col de la Bonette in first place before shortly and spectacularly overshooting a hairpin bend on the descent. He was thrown from his bike, sliding 30 metres down the shale mountainside before recovering to complete the stage. ref http afp.google.com article ALeqM5i7ZGsmbE r0D5dIfO4LJu8WVnd2Q Augustyn thankful to survive Tour plunge Agence France Presse Accessed June 23, 2008 ref Palmar s palmares start 2005 1st, Belgotex Classic Hill ... view&id 9&Itemid 12 Personal Website Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Augustyn, JohnLee ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Road bicycle racer DATE OF BIRTH 1986 08 10 PLACE OF BIRTH Kimberley, Northern Cape , South Africa DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Augustyn, JohnLee ... SouthAfrica cycling bio stub da JohnLee Augustyn de JohnLee Augustyn es JohnLee Augustyn fr JohnLee Augustyn it JohnLee Augustyn nl JohnLee Augustyn no JohnLee Augustyn sv JohnLee Augustyn ... more details
JohnLee was a Scottish Canadian Canadian inventor and Weapon arms designer, best known for co inventing a prototype bolt action rifle with his brother James Paris Lee . The rifle they made led to the Lee Metford and Lee Enfield series of rifle s. Harrowing from Hawick , Scotland the Lee family emigrated to Ontario in Canada c.1835. After John grew up he moved to a small town along the Sydenham River called Wallaceburg . The Lee Rifle s Beginning In 1878, Lee and his brother James Paris perfected ... flashindex.html . ref http www.visualheritage.ca kent rifle.htm Chatham Kent Lee Enfield Rifle Bot generated title ref Image Lee Enfield Rifle Prototype Wallaceburg Museum.jpg left thumb Lee Rifle Prototype 1878 Image Lee Rifle Plaque Two.jpg thumb Commemorative Plaque, Civic Park, James Street, Wallaceburg John & James Paris Lee Commemorated In the spring of 1964 Frank Mann, Wallaceburg s local historian ... passed down through the decedents of James Paris and JohnLee. In 1975, they erected a plaque ... Lee was visiting his brother John, a local foundry owner. The plaque is located in Civic Park close to the original location of JohnLee s foundry. It is believed that the first shots occurred just outside the Lee Foundry. The target was an oak tree, on the South Side of Wallaceburg, across the Sydenham River. The Lee Rifle Controversy The Lee rifle prototype has been a controversial topic. Local ... Media History of Chatham Kent Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lee, John ALTERNATIVE ... Lee, John Category American inventors Category Canadian inventors Category Scottish emigrants to pre ... became an antecedent to the famous Lee Enfield rifle. A well trained gunman could fire approximately ... of erecting a plaque to commemorate the first test shot of the Lee rifle in Wallaceburg. The two ... rifles that date back to the period of when the prototype was created. Eugene Myszkowski , a Lee Rifle ... were only on the upper rear of the magazine. ref Myszkowski, Eugene. The Remington Lee Rifle. New ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2008 JohnLee active 1850 1870 was a United Kingdom British painter, part of a group of Liverpool artists, influenced by the Pre Raphaelite style. Very little is known about Lee s life and only four paintings have been attributed to him with any certainty. He exhibited at the Liverpool Academy of Arts Liverpool Academy from 1859 67 and at the Royal Academy from 1863 67. See also List of Pre Raphaelite paintings including the work of JohnLee. William Lindsay Windus Daniel Alexander Williamson James Campbell artist James Campbell William Davis artist William Davis Persondata NAME Lee, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British painter DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lee, John Category English romantic painters Category Pre Raphaelite painters Category Year of birth unknown Category Year of death unknown UK painter stub ... more details
JohnLee January 30, 1788 May 17, 1871 was a United States House of Representatives U.S. Representative from Maryland , son of Thomas Sim Lee . Born at Needwood , near Frederick, Maryland , Lee was educated by private tutors and at Harvard University . He studied law, but did not practice, and rather engaged in the management of his estate Needwood . Lee was elected as a Jackson Federalist to the 18th United States Congress Eighteenth Congress March 4, 1823 March 3, 1825 . He served as chairman of the committee of the House of Representatives appointed to escort the Marquis de Lafayette from Frederick City to Washington in 1825. Later, Lee served as member of the Maryland House of Delegates and in the Maryland Senate . He was one of the proponents of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal , and of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad . Lee retired from public life, and resumed management of his estate. He died while on a visit to his son in New York City , and is interred in New Cathedral Cemetery, formerly called Bonnie Brae, of Baltimore, Maryland . References CongBio L000196 s start s par us hs USRepSuccessionBox state Maryland district 4 before John Nelson lawyer John Nelson after Thomas Contee Worthington years 1823 1825 end Bioguide Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lee, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1788 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1871 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lee, John Category 1788 births Category 1871 deaths Category Members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland Category Members of the Maryland House of Delegates Category Maryland State Senators Category Harvard University alumni Category People from Frederick County, Maryland pl JohnLee ... more details
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