Category:Nevil Maskelyne (astronomer)

**Nevil Maskelyne**
	fifth Astronomer Royal (*1765 – †1811)
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Name in native language	Nevil Maskelyne;
Date of birth	6 October 1732, 5 October 1732; London
Date of death	9 February 1811, 20 July 1811; Greenwich
Country of citizenship	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland;
Educated at	Westminster School; St Catharine's College, Cambridge; Trinity College; University of Cambridge;
Occupation	mathematician; astronomer; scientist; university teacher;
Employer	Royal Observatory;
Member of	Royal Society; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; French Academy of Sciences; Russian Academy of Sciences; Royal Society of Edinburgh; Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL; Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities;
Position held	Astronomer Royal (1765–1811);
Field of work	astronomy; mathematics; gravity; celestial mechanics; orbital mechanics; mass; astronomical observatory;
Father	Edmund Maskelyne;
Mother	Elizabeth Booth;
Sibling	Margaret Clive; Edmund Maskelyne;
Child	Margaret Maskelyne;
Spouse	Sophia Rose (1784–);
Work location	Greenwich; London;
Award received	Fellow of the Royal Society; Copley Medal (1775); Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences;
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Account of a new instrument for measuring small angles, called the prismatic micrometer Fleuron T122532-2.png 1,440 × 521; 33 KB
Astronomical discovery (1904) (14593766077).jpg 2,598 × 3,948; 1.85 MB
Letter from Nevil Maskelyne.jpg 3,156 × 4,734; 4.09 MB
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Nevil Maskelyne.jpg 816 × 1,026; 116 KB
Maskelyne, Nevil – Tables requisite to be used with the astronomical and nautical ephemeris for finding the latitude and longitude at sea, 1781 – BEIC 782957.jpg 488 × 803; 85 KB
Nevil Maskelyne Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 9312.jpg 640 × 480; 147 KB
Nevil Maskelyne. Coloured stipple engraving by R. Page, 1815 Wellcome V0003894.jpg 2,286 × 3,084; 2.85 MB
Nevil Maskelyne. Stipple engraving by E. Scriven after van d Wellcome V0003892.jpg 2,314 × 3,373; 3.34 MB
Nevil Maskelyne. Stipple engraving, 1804. Wellcome V0003893.jpg 2,209 × 3,213; 3.99 MB

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