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Adm. sizar (age 17) at TRINITY, May 20, 1821. 4th s. of John [stonemason, of Bocking End, Essex]. B. Dec. 12, 1803, at Braintree, Essex. Schools, Braintree (Mr Smith) [and Mill Hill]. ' Matric. Michs. 1821; Scholar, 1824; 1st Smith's Prizeman; B.A. (Senr. Wrangler) 1825; M.A. 1828. Incorp. at Oxford, 1847. Fellow, 1826-31; reelected Fellow, 1870. Plumian Professor of Astronomy, 1836-82. Ord. deacon (Lichfield and Coventry, Litt. dim. from Ely) June 5, 1830; priest (Peterb.) Nov. 1830; R. of Papworth Everard, Cambs., 1830-52. Director of the Cambridge Observatory, 1836-61; searched for, and observed Neptune without knowing it, Aug. 4, 1846. Invented the Meteoroscope, 1848, and the Transit Reducer, 1849. F.R.A.S., 1836. F.R.S., 1848. Married , dau. of Samuel Chandler, of Tyringham, Bucks., and widow of Daniel Copsey, of Braintree, 1831. Author, astronomical, etc. Died Dec. 3, 1882, at Cambridge. Buried in Mill Road cemetery. Father of the next. (Mill Hill Sch. Reg.; D.N.B.)
Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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Appt | Challis, James | 06/11/1829 | Rector | Institution | Papworth Everard of St Peter/ | View |