Shakerley, Jeremy (1626-c. 1655)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4001. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Born in Halifax, Yorkshire, self-educated. Taken into the Towneley household and encouraged in his scientific pursuits, he discovered the work of HORROCKS and was the first mathematician to recognize its significance. He emigrated to India, possibly with the East India Company, and observed a transit of Mercury in 1651, the second such transit ever observed. He died young in India....

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