Edmund Neville Nevill, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetEdmund Neville Nevill
English astronomer
Date of Birth: 27-Aug-1849
Place of Birth: East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1940
Profession: astronomer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Edmund Neville Nevill
- Edmund Neison FRS (27 August 1849 – 14 January 1940), whose real name was Edmund Neville Nevill, wrote a key text in selenography called The Moon and the Condition and Configuration of its Surface in 1876 and later set up the Natal Observatory in Durban, Natal Province.
- He also wrote a popular book on astronomy some years after immigrating to Durban.
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