NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Stratford William Samuel (1791-1853) Astronomer DNB: Stratford, William Samuel (1790-1853), naval officer and astronomer LBT ID: WiStrat1853 VIAF ID: 10635667 | B/BAP: 1790-05-31 DIED: 1853-03-29 |
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File | |
After naval service in the Napoleonic wars he was secretary to the Astronomical Society
(1826-31); he published An Index to the Stars in the Catalogue of the
Royal Astronomical Society (1831). | |
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