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Fellow of the Royal Society
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Nevil Maskelyne
1732-10-06 – 1811-02-09
Life & Legacy
Nevil Maskelyne (; 6 October 1732 – 9 February 1811) was the fifth British Astronomer Royal. He held the office from 1765 to 1811. He was the first person to scientifically measure the mass of the planet Earth. He created The Nautical Almanac, in full the British Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris for the Meridian of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, using Tobias Mayer's corrections for Leonhard Euler's Lunar Theory tables.
Occupation & Career
mathematician, astronomer, scientist, university teacher
Education
Westminster School; St Catharine's College; Trinity College; University of Cambridge; Pembroke College
Faith & Community
Anglicanism
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Fellow of the Royal Society; Copley Medal; Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Copley Medal · Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Fellow of the Royal Society · Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Church
Anglicanism
Employer
Royal Observatory · Trinity College
Organizations & Memberships
Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL · American Academy of Arts and Sciences · American Philosophical Society · Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities · French Academy of Sciences · Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony · Royal Society of Edinburgh · Royal Society of London · Russian Academy of Sciences
Education & Institutions
Pembroke College · St Catharine's College · Trinity College · University of Cambridge · Westminster School
Verified Legacy Record
Award
Copley Medal
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q450757 · wikidata
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q450757 · wikidata
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Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q450757 · wikidata
Faith Community
Anglicanism
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q450757 · wikidata
Family Child
Margaret Maskelyne
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q450757 · wikidata
Family Father
Edmund Maskelyne
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q450757 · wikidata
Family Mother
Elizabeth Booth
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q450757 · wikidata
Family Sibling
Margaret Clive
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Family Sibling
Edmund Maskelyne
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q450757 · wikidata
Family Sibling
William Maskelyne
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Family Spouse
Sophia Rose
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Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q450757 — wikidata View source
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