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Admiral William Henry Smyth KFM DCL FRS FSA FRAS FRGS (21 January 1788 – 8 September 1865) was an English Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist.
William Henry Smyth, (1788 - 1865), fue un astrónomo aficionado inglés, [1] que publicó en 1844 su famoso Ciclo de objetos celestes.
11 de nov. de 2008 · William Henry Smyth first appeared in the Berkeley city directory in 1887, when he was listed as a mechanical engineer living on the north side of Audubon Street (now College Avenue) between Bancroft Way and the university grounds.
7 de jul. de 2008 · The recent loss of Admiral William Henry Smyth, noticed as it was by the leading periodicals, will have recalled to many, not only the social character and amiable qualities of the compiler of this Work, but also his distinguished professional career and high reputation as an officer, a navigator, and a seaman, which will be a guarantee for the ...
Learn about the life and achievements of William Henry Smyth (1788-1865), who served in the Navy, surveyed the Mediterranean, and observed thousands of deep sky objects. Find out how he earned the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society and a lunar mare was named after him.
William Smyth, a leading figure in Britain's golden age of amateur astronomers, published a catalog of celestial objects from his own observing records that served as a stimulus to a generation of new amateur astronomers.
William Henry Smyth was born on January 21, 1788 in Westminster, England. He was a descendant Captain John Smith, who was the principal founder of the first permanent English colony in North America, at Jamestown, Virginia.
