Manuel John Johnson ( Eng. Manuel John Johnson , 1805-1859) - British astronomer.
| Manuel John Johnson | |
|---|---|
| English Manuel john johnson | |
| Date of Birth | May 23, 1805 |
| Place of Birth | Macau , China |
| Date of death | February 28, 1859 (53 years old) |
| Place of death | Oxford , UK |
| A country | |
| Scientific field | astronomy |
| Place of work | |
| Alma mater | Oxford University |
| Awards and prizes |  Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal |
Biography
Born in Macau in the family of an employee of the East India Company John William Roberts, he was educated at the Classical Academy of Styles (Thames Ditton, Surrey ) and the London] for further service in the East India Company [1] .
In 1823, Johnson was sent to St. Helena, where since 1826 he directed the construction of the Ledder Hill Observatory. During construction, Johnson traveled twice to South Africa to consult with astronomer [2] . In 1828, Johnson was appointed superintendent of the observatory, and for several years conducted astronomical observations. In 1835, he published a catalog of 606 major fixed stars of the Southern Hemisphere, for which in the same year he was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society [3] . When comparing the results of his observations with the results of Lacaille, Johnson noted the significant movement of Alpha Centauri [4] , which was reported to Thomas Henderson from the . Johnson's observational data allowed Henderson to take one of the world's first measurements of stellar parallax , although Henderson was in no hurry to publish it [5] .
In 1833, M. Johnson returned to the UK, where he enrolled at , University of Oxford , and graduated in 1839 with a master 's degree . From 1839 until his death in 1859, Johnson was the so-called "Radcliffe Observer" - in fact the director of the Radcliffe Observatory at Oxford University. In 1855-1857 he was president of the Royal Astronomical Society [6] , in 1856 he was elected a member of the Royal Society .
In 1850, he married Caroline, the daughter of Dr. James Ogle.
Notes
- ↑ DServe Archive Persons Show
- ↑ Hockey, Thomas. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers . - Springer Publishing , 2009 .-- ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0 .
- ↑ http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=7&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27johnson%27%29 (unreachable link)
- ↑ Warner, Brian. Manuel Johnson and the St. Helena Observatory (neopr.) // Vistas in Astronomy. - 1982. - T. 25 . - S. 383-409 . - DOI : 10.1016 / 0083-6656 (81) 90065-9 .
- ↑ Glass, IS Proxima, The Nearest Star (Other than the Sun). - Mons Mensa, 2008.
- ↑ LIST OF PRESIDENTS AND DATES OF OFFICE . A brief history of the RAS . Royal Astronomical Society . Date of treatment September 10, 2012.