James Bradley
1693 - 1762
- Born
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March 1693
Sherborne, Gloucestershire, England
- Died
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13 July 1762
His father-in-law's house at Chalford, Gloucestershire
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 06/11/1718
- Fields of Interest
- Astronomy
- Occupation
- Clergyman, church of england
- Relationships
- Son of William Bradley, gent, of Sherborne, Gloucestershire and his wife, Jane Pound of Bishop's Canning, Wiltshire; nephew of James Pound (FRS 1699) who cultivated his talent for astronomy; married Susannah, daughter of Samuel Peach of Chalford, Gloucestershire
- Catalogue
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Author of
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Paper, 'Observations upon the comet, that appear'd in the months of October, November and December 1723' by [James] Bradley
Creator: James Bradley Reference number: CLP/8i/73 -
Paper, 'The longitude of Lisbon and the Fort of New York from Wanstead and London determin'd by eclipses of the first satellite of Jupiter' by James Bradley
Creator: James Bradley Reference number: CLP/8ii/2 -
Paper, 'Observations upon the comet that appeared in the months of January, February and March 1737, made at Oxford [England]' by J [James] Bradley
Creator: James Bradley Reference number: CLP/8ii/70 -
Letter, from James Bradley to Hans Sloane
Creator: James Bradley, James Bradley Reference number: EL/B3/11 -
Letter, from James Bradley to William Rutty, dated at Wanstead
Creator: James Bradley, James Bradley Reference number: EL/B3/12 -
Letter, from James Bradley to Edmond Halley
Creator: James Bradley, James Bradley Reference number: EL/B3/13
Recipient of
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Letter, from Pierre Maupertuis to [James] Bradley, dated at Paris
Creator: Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis Reference number: EL/M3/60b -
Letter, 'On the refrangibility of the rays of light' from Thomas Melvill to James Bradley
Reference number: L&P/2/424 -
Letter, 'Of certain Greenwich and Cape of Good Hope astronomical observations' from Joseph Nicholas de L'Isle to James Bradley
Creator: Joseph Nicholas De Lisle Reference number: L&P/2/480 -
Letter, 'Two astronomical essays. I. Precession of equinox and nutation; II. Annual motion of the earth as affected by Jupiter and Saturn' from Charles Walmesley to James Bradley
Creator: Charles Walmesley Reference number: L&P/3/188 -
Letter, 'Of the comet of Sept and Oct 1757' from D Klinkenberg to James Bradley
Reference number: L&P/3/280 -
Letter, 'Of the irregularities in the motion of a satellite arising from the spherical figure of its primary' from Charles Walmesley to James Bradley
Creator: Charles Walmesley Reference number: L&P/3/341
Most frequently corresponded with
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Edmond Halley
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Hans Sloane
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William Rutty
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