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And it was also true of William Lassell (born June 18, 1799), the son of a timber merchant hailing from Moor Lane in Bolton, Lancashire, in England (Fig. 10.1). After receiving a rudimentary education at Bolton Day School and, for a short spell, at Rochdale Dissenting Academy, the death of Lassell’s father in William’s
Descubrimiento y denominación. Umbriel fue descubierto por William Lassell el 24 de octubre de 1851. En la misma noche también encontró a Ariel. [4] [5] Aunque William Herschel, descubridor de Titania y Oberón, afirmó a finales del siglo XVIII que había visto otros cuatro satélites de Urano, [6] sus observaciones no se confirmaron y esos objetos se consideran espurios.
WILLIAM LASSELL 1799 – 1888. William Lassell, who lived at Ray Lodge, was a distinguished amateur astronomer who discovered moons of Saturn and Neptune. The son of a timber merchant, Lassell made his fortune as a brewer, but his passion in life was astronomy and he became one of the leading Victorian astronomers.
Referee's report by William Lassell, on a paper 'Description of the Great Melbourne telescope' by Thomas Romney Robinson and Thomas Grubb. Creator: William Lassell Reference number: RR/6/250. Astronomer 1799 - 1880.
Lassell also discovered Hyperion and the crêpe ring of Saturn, independently of William Bond. In 1851 he discovered Ariel and Umbriel. In the winter of 1852–1853, he moved his 24-inch telescope to Malta, where, under much clearer skies than were available in industrial England he was able to observe and catalogue hundreds of new nebulae.
William Lassell (source) William Lassell was born 18 Jun 1799 in Bolton, Lancashire. He moved with his family in his mid-teens to Liverpool where he eventually made his fortune as a brewer. That career enabled him to pursue his life-long amateur interest in astronomy. In fact, his passion developed before he had much means to afford his hobby.
29 de dic. de 2020 · LASSELL, WILLIAM (1799–1880), astronomer, was born at Bolton in Lancashire on 18 June 1799. At the age of four or five he amused himself by polishing lenses. After his father's death from fever in 1810 he was sent to school at Rochdale for eighteen months, was apprentice from 1814 to 1821 in a merchant's office in Liverpool, and set up in ...
