Henry Tracey Coxwell

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Henry Tracey Coxwell was a 19th-century English aeronaut and balloonist renowned for his high-altitude scientific ascents and collaborations with meteorologist James Glaisher.

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instanceOf aeronaut ⓘ
balloonist ⓘ
human ⓘ
authorOf My Life and Balloon Experiences ⓘ
birthDate 1819-03-02 ⓘ
birthPlace Wouldham, Kent, England ⓘ
burialPlace Seaford, East Sussex, England ⓘ
collaboratedWith James Glaisher ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1900-01-05 ⓘ
deathPlace Seaford, East Sussex, England ⓘ
employer self-employed as professional aeronaut ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup British ⓘ
familyName Coxwell ⓘ
fieldOfWork aeronautics ⓘ
ballooning ⓘ
founded balloon manufacturing and aeronautical equipment business ⓘ
genreOfWork aeronautical memoirs ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
hasActivityPeriod 1840s–1880s ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
influenced development of scientific meteorology via balloon observations ⓘ
public interest in ballooning in Victorian Britain ⓘ
knownFor 1862 high-altitude ascent with James Glaisher ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
militaryService British Army (ballooning for military observation, volunteer context) ⓘ
name Henry Tracey Coxwell ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableAction pulled the valve line with his teeth to descend during 1862 ascent ⓘ
notableEvent nearly lost consciousness during extreme high-altitude ascent in 1862 ⓘ
notableFor collaborations with James Glaisher ⓘ
high-altitude balloon ascents ⓘ
scientific balloon ascents ⓘ
notableStudentOrProtégé younger aeronauts and balloonists in Britain (general) ⓘ
occupation aeronaut ⓘ
balloon manufacturer ⓘ
balloonist ⓘ
participantIn 1862 Wolverhampton high-altitude balloon ascent ⓘ
Victorian-era scientific ballooning experiments ⓘ
performed balloon ascents in continental Europe ⓘ
public balloon ascents across Britain ⓘ
residence Seaford, East Sussex, England ⓘ
Wolverhampton, England ⓘ
linked to: Wolverhampton

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James Glaisher → coAuthor → Henry Tracey Coxwell ⓘ
Henry Tracey Coxwell → name → Henry Tracey Coxwell ⓘ