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Born October 6, 1732 • London • England
Died February 9, 1811 (aged 78) • Greenwich • England
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1775)
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Sir Harold Jeffreys
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Edmond Halley
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James Bradley
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Sir George Darwin
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William Huggins
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