Wednesday 25 February 2009

J.R. Hind

RH says..... Having mentioned John Russell Hind in the previous post, I came across this photograph of him in my office, looking a little dour. He was an Assistant at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, from 1840 to 1844 and, after a period working at the private observatory of George Bishop, he became Superintendent of the Nautical Almanac Office from 1853 to 1891.

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  1. Celebrating the birth of John Russell Hind: May 12, 1823 – December 23, 1895 at the Today in Astronomy blog. I used your picture and linked to your blog.

    http://todayinastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/05/may-12-john-russell-hind.html

    I love your unique way of sharing some astronomy history!

    -Mark

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