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About Richard Anthony Proctor
Richard Anthony Proctor (23 March 1837 – 12 September 1888) was an English astronomer.
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“The whole system has been long since swept away, and its records merely remain as illustrations of perverted ingenuity.”
“As an astronomer in the true sense of the term, Sir John Herschel stood before all his contemporaries. Nay, he stood almost alone.”
“An air of mystery surrounds his researches, lying, as they do, chiefly in depths to which the far-seeing eye of the telescope alone penetrates.”
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Richard Anthony Proctor on John Herschel
“As an astronomer in the true sense of the term, Sir John Herschel stood before all his contemporaries. Nay, he stood almost alone.”
About Richard Anthony Proctor
Richard Anthony Proctor (23 March 1837 – 12 September 1888) was an English astronomer.