"Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society"

John Couch Adams male, deceased (1892): Tripos Wranglers, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, galle, mathematician, asteroid, British…University of Cambridge, Fellow of the Royal Society, craters of the Moon named after them, GoldMedaloftheRoyalAstronomicalSociety, Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge; John Couch Adams (June 5 1819 - January 21, 1892), was a British mathematician and astronomer. Adams was born in Laneast, Cornwall and died in...

George Darwin male, deceased (1912): physicist, 1845-1912, Darwin-Wedgwood family, fission theory of Moon formation, earth, British…GoldMedaloftheRoyalAstronomicalSociety, Fellow of the Royal Society, University of Cambridge; Sir George Howard Darwin, F.R.S. (July 9 1845 - December 7 1912) was a British astronomer and mathematician, the second son and fifth child of...

James South male, deceased (1867): Astronomer, Fellow of the Royal Society, British, crater, double star, moon…GoldMedaloftheRoyalAstronomicalSociety, Royal Astronomical Society, Copley Medal; Sir James South (October 1785 - October 19 1867) was a British astronomer. He helped found the Astronomical Society of London, and it was under his...

Richard van der Riet Woolley male, deceased (1986): Astronomer, cambridge university, British, university of cape town, canberra, greenwich…University of Cambridge, Astronomers Royal, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, South African Astronomical Observatory, GoldMedaloftheRoyalAstronomicalSociety; Sir Richard van der Riet Woolley (April 24 1906 - December 24 1986) was a British astronomer who became Astronomer Royal. His mother's maiden name...

Francis Baily male, deceased (1844): from Newbury, Berkshire, From thatcham, berkshire, newbury, Tables for the Purchasing and Renewing of Leases, The Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Assurances…The Doctrine of Interest and Annuities, Catalogue of 2881 star, Catalogue of 8377 star, Royal Astronomical Society, Fellow of the Royal Society; Francis Baily (28 April 1774 - 30 August 1844) was an English astronomer, most famous for his observations of 'Baily's Beads' during an eclipse of...

William Lassell male, deceased (1880): American dollars, United States dollar, uranus, German, telescope, saturn…craters of the Moon named after them, GoldMedaloftheRoyalAstronomicalSociety, Rings of Neptune, ring of Neptune; William Lassell (June 18 1799 - October 5 1880) was a British astronomer, born in Bolton, Lancashire, England. He made his fortune as a beer...

Harold Jeffreys male, deceased (1989): English, geophysics, cambridge university, Statistician, Knights Bachelor, newcastle upon tyne…university of newcastle, university of newcastle upon tyne, University of Cambridge, University of Durham, Alumni of Durham University; Sir Harold Jeffreys (22 April 1891 - 18 March 1989) was a mathematician, statistician, geophysicist, and astronomer. He was born in Fatfield,...

Sydney Chapman male, deceased (1970): Beyer Chair of Applied Mathematics, Adams Prize recipient, Victoria University of Manchester, Academic of the University of Manchester, English, Geophysicist…University of Cambridge, university of salford, University of Manchester, Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge, GoldMedaloftheRoyalAstronomicalSociety; Sydney Chapman (January 29 1888 - June 16 1970) was a British mathematician, astronomer and geophysicist. He was born in Manchester and educated at...

Heinrich Schwabe male, deceased (1875): Astronomer, German, orbit, mercury, bern, apothecary…GoldMedaloftheRoyalAstronomicalSociety; Samuel Heinrich Schwabe (October 25, 1789-April 11, 1875) a German astronomer remembered for his work on sunspots. Schwabe was born at Dessau. At...

William Rutter Dawes male, deceased (1868): Fellow of the Royal Society, First Fleet, gold medal, Royal Astronomical Society, planet, crater…GoldMedaloftheRoyalAstronomicalSociety, astronomical opposition; William Rutter Dawes was a British astronomer. Dawes was the son of William Dawes also an astronomer, who travelled to the colony of New South...

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