Bayfield, Henry Wolsey (1795-1885) [Capt.; FRAS], born Hull, he joined the Royal navy as a volunteer aged 11. Seeing action through both the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, he spent most of his naval career in Canada undertaking surveying work. He joined the Astronomical Society of London in 1827, as a non-resident member. An active observer, he submitted observations of lunar occultations, eclipses of Jupiter’s moon and a transit of Mercury. Bayfield rose through the ranks making Admiral in 1867 and lived to the age of 90 (Obit., MNRAS, 46 (1886), 182-3; Phillipps 2023).
Brown, Ernest William [FRS] (1866-1938), born Hull, graduated from Cambridge 1887. In 1891 he moved to Haverford College, Pennsylvania, in 1893 became Professor of Mathematics, and specialised in lunar theory (Obit., MNRAS, 99 (1939), 300-7).
Cooke, Thomas [Cook](1807-1868), born in Allerthorpe, East Riding, opticial instrument maker (see Yorkshire: North Riding; ODNB; McConnell 1992; Obit., MNRAS, 29 (1868), 130-5).
Hawks, Ellison (1889-1971), born in Hull on 13 March, 1889. He was educated at Bebington College, and William Hulme Grammar School, Manchester. His early career was with the Commercial Union in Leeds. He was much interested in science and joined the Leeds Astronomical Society in 1908, being elected Secretary in 1911, and Editor shortly afterwards. He embarked on a career as a successful lecturer and writer of popular science books, publishing his first book in 1910 and two more before 1914. Hawks later became a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. (Ellison Hawks Biography).
Lawton, William (fl.1850s-1880s), resident of Derringham, Hull, Lawton had interests in meteorology and astronomy. He submitted weather observations to the BAAS meeting reports and observations of Mercury and aurora in the Astronomical Registrar. He is known to have made his astronomical observations using a 7-inch silver-on-glass reflector (Report of 23rd Meeting of BAAS, 1854, 27-32; ‘Mercury’, AReg, 10 (1872), 172-3; ‘|Letter’, AReg, 7 (1869), 137-8).
Milne, Edward Arthur (1896-1950), born Hull, educated Cambridge where he was assistant director of the Solar Physics Observatory 1920-24 (see Cambridgeshire; Oxfordshire; Obit., MNRAS, 111 (1951), 160-72).
Smith, Henry Frederick [JP] (fl.1880s-1892), farmer resident at Lamwath House, Sutton on Hull, known to have an interest in astronomy – listed 1882 Naturalist Directory (GENKI; Bulmer 1892).
Walker, William Cameron [Dr] (1896-1978), taught at Kington High School until retirement (1960/1) and established an observatory at the school (see Middlesex).
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