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Richard A. Proctor

Born

Chelsea, London, England, The United Kingdom

Genre

Science, Astronomy

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Richard Anthony Proctor (23 March 1837 in Chelsea, London – 12 September 1888) was an English astronomer.

He is best remembered for having produced one of the earliest maps of Mars in 1867 from 27 drawings by the English observer William Rutter Dawes.

His map was later superseded by those of Giovanni Schiaparelli and Eugène Antoniadi and his nomenclature was dropped (for instance, his "Kaiser Sea" became Syrtis Major Planum).

He used old drawings of Mars dating back to 1666 to try to determine the sidereal day of Mars. His final estimate, in 1873, was 24h 37m 22.713s, reasonably close to the modern value of 24h 37m 22.663s. Nevertheless, Frederik Kaiser's value of 24h 37m 22.622s is closer.

A crater on Mars is named after Proctor. ...more

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Average rating: 3.63 · 182 ratings · 7 reviews · 459 distinct works

	Myths and Marvels of Astronomy 3.68 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2010 — 92 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Half-Hours with the Stars A Plain and Easy Guide to the Knowledge of the Constellations 3.80 avg rating — 25 ratings — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1873 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Other Worlds Than Ours: The Plurality of Worlds Studied Under the Light of Recent Scientific Researches 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2006 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Light Science for Leisure Hours really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essays On Astronomy: A Series of Papers On Planets and Meteors, the Sun and Sun-Surrounding Space, Stars and Star Cloudlets; and a Dissertation On the ... of the Life and Works of Sir John Herschel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Transits of Venus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Star Atlas For The Library, The School And The Observatory...: In Twelve Circular Maps, With Two Index Plates. With A Letterpress Introd. On The Study Of The Stars really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Easy lessons in the differential calculus: Indicating from the outset the utility of the processes called differentiation and integration really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A new star atlas: For the library, the school, and the observatory : in twelve circular maps really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“As an astronomer in the true sense of the term, Sir John Herschel stood before all his contemporaries. Nay, he stood almost alone.”
― Richard a Proctor

tags: astronomy, herschel, john-herschel, science

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