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 ⓘ
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Savilian Chair of Astronomy → hasChairHolder → James Bradley ⓘ
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Savilian Chair of Astronomy → hasNotableHolder → James Bradley ⓘ
subject linked to: Savilian Chair