Person
William Lassell
1799 – 1880 · aged 81
English merchant and astronomer (1799–1880)
- Born
- 18 Jun 1799 · Bolton
- Died
- 5 Oct 1880 · Maidenhead
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
Showing 93 years
- 18 Jun 1799BornBorn in Bolton
- 1849AwardGold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
- 1858AwardRoyal Medal
- 1870 – 1872RolePresident of the Royal Astronomical Society
- 5 Oct 1880DiedDied in Maidenhead
Loading from Wikipedia and Wikidata…
Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1799 – 1880).
- 1812 – 1815War of 1812
- 1814 – 1815Congress of Vienna
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
Biography
William Lassell (18 June 1799 – 5 October 1880) was an English merchant and astronomer. He is remembered for his improvements to the reflecting telescope and his ensuing discoveries of four planetary satellites.
Text from the Wikipedia article William Lassell, CC BY-SA 4.0
About this information
Dates and life events come from this person’s Wikidata entry.
We only show events that the sources give a date for. Anything without a date is left out rather than guessed.