Denning, William Frederick (1848-1931)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3580. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Possibly a journalist and certainly an amateur astronomer. Born in Redpost, Somerset, England. The spectacular meteor storm of 1866, and a fireball in 1869, focused his interest on meteor astronomy. In 1877 he demonstrated a steady night by night movement in the Perseid meteor radiant, which proved that meteors came from showers of dust distributed along the path of a comet. Had the distinction t...

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