Astronomer. The fourth Astronomer Royal 1762-64. Studied at Oxford University and later became the Savilian Professor of Geometry. He made important meridian observations of a comet and a solar eclipse visible from Greenwich, and many of his observations proved useful in solving the longitude problem, and were bought by the Board of Longitude after his death.
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Nathaniel Bliss
Pioneer in the scientific study of rainfall. Born 28 Queen's Row, Pimlico. Founder of the British Rainfall Organization. Twice president of the Royal Meteorological Society. Died at home, 62 Camden...
Chemist, physicist, and meteorologist. Born Cumberland into a Quaker family. Achieved a high level of education early and became a teacher of science at a Quaker college. He made meteorological mea...
Born Siberia. Earlier versions existed but in 1869 he published the first widely recognized periodic table of elements.
Born in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, on Christmas day, according to the calendar in use at the time. Â Died in Kensington (where he had gone in search of country air). The exact dates of birth and dea...
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