Henry Lawson (astronomer)
Henry Lawson (1774–1855) was an English astronomer, member of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Royal Society, and the British Meteorological Society, as well as an inventor, designer, science educator, and philanthropist. He observed an occultation of Saturn on 8 May 1832, Johann Gottfried Galle's first comet in December 1839 and January 1840, and recorded the Meteoroid, falling stars of 12–13 November 1841. He claimed to have been related to Catherine Parr. Life He was the second son of Johnson Lawson, dean of Battle, Sussex, and Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Wright of Bath, Somerset, he was born at Greenwich on 23 March 1774. He was a pupil of Charles Burney (schoolmaster), Charles Burney, and then entered as an apprentice the optical establishment of his stepfather Edward Nairne of Cornhill. Subsequently, he did not go into in business, but concentrated on scientific study. He had been apprenticed through and, like Nairne, became a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of S ...
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Royal Astronomical Society
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