John Russell Hind
1823–95
Astronomer. Junior assistant, magnetic division, Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 1840. Superintendent of the Nautical Almanac, 1853–91. President, Royal Astronomical Society, 1880–2. Discovered several comets, asteroids, and variable stars. FRS 1863.
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ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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