The Reverend Thomas Henry Espinell Compton Espin or T. H. E. C. Espin (May 28, 1858 – December 2, 1934) was a British astronomer. Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Historically Astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky while Astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena His father Thomas Espin was Chancellor of the Diocese of Chester.
He became interested in astronomy by the appearance of "Coggia's Comet" (C/1874 H1). Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study
He was an avid amateur astronomer and skilled observer. In 1876 he made the acquaintance of Rev. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Thomas William Webb and assisted with the compilation of the famous book Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes; after Webb's death he published expanded 5th and 6th editions of it. The Reverend Thomas William Webb ( December 14 1807 &ndash May 19 1885) was a British Astronomer. He discovered many nebulas, variable stars, and more than 2500 double stars. A nebula (from Latin: "mist" pl nebulae or nebulæ, with ligature or nebulas) is an Interstellar cloud of For the astronomical object see Variable star. Variable Star is a 2006 novel written by Spider Robinson Double Star is a Science fiction Novel by Robert A Heinlein, first serialized in Astounding Science Fiction He made many observations of the spectra of stars, and in particular he also did extensive searches for red stars (especially in his early career) and published a catalogue of them.
He became a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society on January 11, 1878. The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS is a Learned society that began as the Astronomical Society of London in 1820 to support astronomical research Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He was awarded the Jackson-Gwilt Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1913. The Jackson-Gwilt Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society has been awarded regularly since 1897 for the invention improvement or development of astronomical instrumentation Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
He discovered Nova Lacertae 1910. DI Lacertae or Nova Lacertae 1910 was a Nova which lit up in the Constellation Lacerta in 1910
His other amateur scientific interests included botany, geology and the study of X rays; his study of fossils caused him to disbelieve Darwin's theory of evolution. Botany, plant science(s, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of Biology and is the scientific study of plant Life Geology (from Greek γη gê, "earth" and λόγος Logos, "speech" lit X-radiation (composed of X-rays) is a form of Electromagnetic radiation. FOSSIL is a standard protocol for allowing serial communication for Telecommunications programs under the DOS Operating system. Charles Robert Darwin (February 12 1809 &ndash April 19 1882 was an English naturalist, who realised and demonstrated that all Species of life eVolution is the third Album by eLDee, it was due to be released in 2008
In 1888 he became Vicar of Tow Law and held this post until his death. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Tow Law is a town and Civil parish in the Wear Valley district of County Durham, in England. He also served as a county magistrate for 35 years beginning in 1891 and was Chairman of Stanhope and Wolsingham Sessions. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Stanhope (pronounced in the regional dialect "Stanup" or "Stan'ope" is a small market town in County Durham, in England. He never married.
Espin crater on the Moon is named after him. Espin is a lunar crater that lies on the far side of the Moon, just beyond the northeastern limb In the broadest sense the term impact crater can be applied to any depression natural or manmade resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with larger body
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