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Frederick Howlett

1821–1908

Clergyman. BA, Oxford, 1844. Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1861; worked on solar spots. Also interested in microscopy. Curate in Westmoreland, at Hurst Green, Sussex, and at Beckenham, Kent, before becoming rector of East Tisted, Hampshire, 1869–96.

Sources

Alum. Oxon.

Crockford’s clerical directory 1899

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 69 (1909): 247

Bibliography

Alum. Oxon.: Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1886: … with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the university. Alphabetically arranged, revised, and annotated by Joseph Foster. 8 vols. London and Oxford: Parker & Co. 1887–91.

Crockford’s clerical directory: The clerical directory, a biographical and statistical book of reference for facts relating to the clergy and the church. Crockford’s clerical directory etc. London: John Crockford [and others]. 1858–1900.

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