James Bradley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Bradley

English astronomer; Astronomer Royal

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Sherborne, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 13-Jul-1762

Profession: astronomer, university teacher

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

James Bradley (1693–1762) was an English astronomer and priest who served as Astronomer Royal from 1742.
He is best known for two fundamental discoveries in astronomy, the aberration of light (1725–1728), and the nutation of the Earth's axis (1728–1748).
These discoveries were called "the most brilliant and useful of the century" by Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, historian of astronomy, mathematical astronomer and director of the Paris Observatory, in his history of astronomy in the 18th century (1821), because "It is to these two discoveries by Bradley that we owe the exactness of modern astronomy.
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This double service assures to their discoverer the most distinguished place (after Hipparchus and Kepler) above the greatest astronomers of all ages and all countries."



Description	English art collector and painter
Date of birth/death	1701	26 January 1779
Location of birth/death	Devon	Twickenham
Work location	London
Authority control	: Q1502003 VIAF: 64271510 ISNI: 0000 0000 6658 6412 ULAN: 500001473 LCCN: n80110777 NLA: 36071292 WorldCat