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| Lassell, William. Hon. LL.D. 1874. B. June 18, 1799, at Bolton, Lancs. School, Rochdale. Apprenticed to a Liverpool merchant, 1814-21; set up in business as a brewer, 1825. Began to construct reflecting telescopes; inventor of a new machine for grinding specula. Built an observatory at Starfield, near Liverpool, 1840, where he observed the satellites of Neptune and was one of the first observers of Saturn's dusky ring. President, Royal Astronomical Society, 1870-2. Moved his observatory to Bradstones, 1854. The first clearly to ascertain composition of the Uranian System. Constructed a reflecting telescope at Valetta, Malta, in 1861, where he worked for six years and catalogued 600 new nebulae. Resided at Ray Lodge, near Maidenhead from 1865, and built an observatory there. F.R.S., 1849; Royal medal, 1858. Died Oct. 5, 1880, at Maidenhead. (Boase, II. 310; D.N.B.; Proc. Royal Soc., 31, vii-x.) | William LASSELL Approx. lifespan: 1799–1880 Hon.LLD 1874 b. Bolton, Lancashire , 1799:06:18 Sch: Rochdale School Rochdale, [Lancashire], Apprenticed to a Liverpool merchant 1814-21 set up in business as a brewer 1825 Began to construct reflecting telescopes; inventor of a new machine for grinding specula. Built an observatory Starfield, near Liverpool, [Lancashire], 1840, where he observed the satellites of Neptune and was one of the first observers of Saturn's dusky ring. President: Royal Astronomical Society 1870-72 Moved his observatory to Bradstones, < >[[XXX], 1854 The first clearly to ascertain composition of the Uranian System. Constructed a reflecting telescope Valetta, Malta , in1861, where he worked for six years and catalogued 600 new nebulae. At Ray Lodge, near Maidenhead, [Berkshire], from 1865, and built an observatory there. FRS 1849 Royal Medal: 1858 d. Maidenhead, [Berkshire], 1880:10:05 ( Boase, II. 310; D.N.B.; Proc. Royal Society, 31, vii-x.) |