James Bradley

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James Bradley was an 18th-century English astronomer best known for discovering the aberration of starlight and providing strong evidence for the Earth's motion around the Sun.

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instanceOf English astronomer
astronomer
human
academicDegree Master of Arts
birthDate 1693-03-03
birthPlace Sherborne, Gloucestershire, England
linked to: Sherborne
burialPlace Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England
linked to: Minchinhampton
citizenship British
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1762-07-13
deathPlace Chalford, Gloucestershire, England
discovery aberration of starlight
nutation of the Earth's axis
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford
electedTo Fellow of the Royal Society
electionDate 1718
employer Royal Observatory, Greenwich
endTime 1762
era 18th century
fieldOfWork astronomy
influenced later 18th-century astronomers
influencedBy Edmond Halley
linked to: Edmund Halley

Isaac Newton
James PoundRelationship uncle and early mentor in astronomy
knownFor discovery of nutation of the Earth's axis
discovery of the aberration of starlight
providing evidence for the motion of the Earth around the Sun
language English
memberOf Royal Society
name James Bradley
notableObservationSite Greenwich Observatory
Kew, near London
linked to: Kew
notableWork Discovery of the aberration of light (1727–1728 observations)
Discovery of the nutation of the Earth's axis (1740s observations)
On the apparent motion of the fixed stars
occupation astronomer
clergyman
positionHeld Astronomer Royal
providedEvidenceFor heliocentric model of the Solar System
orbital motion of the Earth around the Sun
relative James Pound
religion Church of England
startTime 1742
usedInstrument mural quadrant
zenith sector
workLocation Greenwich, London, England
Oxford, England
linked to: Oxford

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Astronomer Royal hasTitleHolder James Bradley
James Bradley name James Bradley
Savilian Chair of Astronomy hasChairHolder James Bradley
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Savilian Chair of Astronomy hasNotableHolder James Bradley
subject linked to: Savilian Chair