surgeon Thomas Common, known for his treatment of cataract, (1xxx - c. 1844)
sanitary engineer Matthew Hall
apprentice in the sanitary comp. of his uncle Matthew Hall & Co., London, where he worked until 1890
England, UK
see http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/732419/photograph-reflecting-telescope-erected-by-andrew-ainslie-common-astronomer-ealing-england-circa-1880 ;
Royal Astronomical Society, London (member since 1876, Gold medal 1884, president 1895-96); Fellow of the Royal Society, London (1885)
astronomical photography; pioneer of astrophotography of Nebulae; gelatin plate photography of the moon & plants
list of his publ.: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?db_key=AST&db_key=PRE&qform=AST&arxiv_sel=astro-ph&arxiv_sel=cond-mat&arxiv_sel=c
H.H. Turner: The Observatory 26 (1903): 304-308; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 64 (1903): 274;Th.Hockey: Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, 2009; D. Malin & P. Murdin: Colours of the Stars, Cambridge 1984:28f., 61;
since 1876 owner of a 5.5 inch telescope, since 1877 18 inch reflector, since 1879 36 inch reflector, since 1885 60 inch Newtonian reflector; important amateur astronomer & astrophotographer. After Common's death the telescope with its two 60 inch mirrors & optics were purchased by Harvard Coll.Obs
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