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| Fallows, Fearon. Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, June 22, 1809. Of Cumberland. [S. of –, a weaver, of Cockermouth. B. July 4, 1789.] Enabled 'by the patronage of some gentlemen of fortune' to enter St John's College. Matric. Michs. 1809; Scholar, 1812; B.A. 1813; M.A. 1816. Fellow. F.S.A., 1823. Ord. deacon (Ely) Aug. 24, 1815; priest, Mar. 14, 1819. Assistant Master at Plumbland School, Cumberland. Held a mathematical lectureship at Corpus Christi College for two years. Director of the Astronomical Observatory planned for the Cape of Good Hope by the Commissioners of Longitude, 1820. The results of his first observations were presented to the Royal Society, Feb. 26, 1824, as A Catalogue of Nearly All The Principal Fixed Stars Between The Zenith of Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, and The South Pole, reduced to the 1st of Jan., 1824. The permanent instruments were fixed in their places in 1829, but he was only able to carry on his work through the devotion of his wife (dau. of Mr Hervey, his former patron, whom he had married in 1821) who qualified herself to act as his assistant. His health failed owing to sunstroke soon after his arrival, and he had to be carried daily in a blanket from his sickroom to the Observatory. Removed in Mar. 1831, to Simon's Bay, where he died July 25. Buried under a slab of black Robben-island stone opposite the Observatory. His 4000 observations were reduced under the supervision of Sir George Airy and published at the expense of the Admiralty as Results of the [p.456] Observations made by the Rev. Fearon Fallows at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, in the years 1829-31. Author, An Account of Some Parhelia seen at the Cape of Good Hope (Quarterly Journal of Science, XVI. 365, 1823), and An Easy Method of comparing the Time indicated by any number of Chronometers with the given Time at a certain Station (Ibid. XVII. 315, 1824). (D.N.B.) | Fearon FALLOWS Approx. lifespan: 1789–1831 sizar St John's College adm1809:06:22 Of Cumberland , s. of -, a weaver, of Cockermouth, [Cumberland], b. 1789:07:04 Sch: Enabled 'by the patronage of some gentlemen of fortune' to enter St John's College Matric 1809:10MT: Scholar 1812 BA 1813 MA 1816 Fellow FSA 1823 Ord. deacon Ely 1815:08:24 Ord. priest 1819:03:14 Assistant Master at: : Sch: Plumbland School Plumbland, Cumberland , Held a mathematical lectureship at Corpus Christi College for two years. Director of: : Astronomical Observatory planned for the Cape of Good Hope, [Cape Colony], [South Africa], by the Commissioners of Longitude 1820 The results of his first observations were presented to Royal Society 1824:02:26, as A Catalogue of Nearly All The Principal: Fixed Stars Between The Zenith of Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, and The South Pole, reduced to 1824:01:01 The permanent instruments were fixed in their places in1829, but he was only able to carry on his work through the devotion of his wife ( dau. of Mr – HERVEY, his former patron, whom he had married in1821) who qualified herself to act as his assistant. His health failed owing to sunstroke soon after his arrival, and he had to be carried daily in a blanket from his sickroom to Observatory Removed in1831:03, to Simon's Bay, [South Africa], [where he] Died 1831:07:25 bur. under a slab of black Robben-island stone opposite Observatory His 4000 observations were reduced under the supervision of Sir George Airy and published at the expense of Admiralty as Results of the Observations made by Rev. Fearon FALLOWS at Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, [Cape Colony], [South Africa], , in the years 1829-31 Publ.: An Account of Some Parhelia seen at the Cape of Good Hope (Quarterly Journal of Science), XVI. 365(1823), and An Easy Method of comparing the Time indicated by any number of Chronometers with the given Time at a certain Station ( Ibid. XVII 315(1824)) ( D.N.B. ) [add:]Eldest son of John FALLOWS, parish clerk of Bridekirk, [Cumberland], , and his wife Rebecca[:add] [add:]Bornat Cockermouth, Cumberland , [:add] [add:]School, Brigham, [Cumberland], [:add] [add:]Married 1821:01:01, Mary Anne, eldest dau. of the Rev. H.A. HARVEY [:add] [add:](P.J. Wallis; Bolton 122-4)[:add] |