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
Thomas Henry Huxley. Biologist and anthropologist. Born Ealing. Â An early adherent to Darwin's theory of evolution, he was a strong supporter while also pointing out what he saw as flaws. Â At the R...
Mathematician and astronomer. Â Argued that the Sun, not the Earth, was the centre of the universe.
Botanist. Born in Stoke, near Plymouth. His family moved to St Petersburg in 1805, where he becam proficient in several languages. In France he studied at the universities of Tours and Montpelier. ...
Hydrographer and meteorologist. Born Ampton Hall, Suffolk. He attended the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth and eventually took command of The Beagle, with Charles Darwin as a passenger. In his late...
Courtier and scientist. Called Lord Herbert. Catholic. In the court of King Charles I.
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