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Charles Pritchard
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Vinony catalogs Charles Pritchard in its Fellows of the Royal Society collection (9,360 entries).
Vinony's link graph records 67 inbound references to Charles Pritchard, and connects out to Savilian Professor of Astronomy, Moon and astronomy.
Vinony files it under 1808 births, 1893 deaths and 19th-century British astronomers.
Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Family name
- Pritchard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Shropshire
- Place of death
- Oxford
- Occupation
- astronomer
- Educated at
- St John's College
- Employer
- University of Oxford
- Field of work
- astronomy
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- date of birth
- 1808-02-29
- date of death
- 1893-05-28
- member of
- Royal Society
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- influenced by
- John Frederick William Herschel
Sources (3)
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Connections
Savilian Professor of Astronomy
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Moon
Concept
astronomy
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North Pole
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telescope
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Wikisource
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University of Oxford
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public domain
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Edmond Halley
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Isle of Wight
Entity
astronomer
Entity
Royal Society
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The Times
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G.H. Hardy
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Christopher Wren
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rotation
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parallax
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declination
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observatory
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John Wallis
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Categories
1808 births1893 deaths19th-century British astronomers19th-century English Anglican priestsAlumni of St John's College, CambridgeFellows of New College, OxfordFellows of the Royal SocietyPresidents of the Royal Astronomical SocietyRecipients of the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical SocietyRoyal Medal winnersSavilian Professors of AstronomyScientists from Shropshire