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William Frederick Denning
Born (1848-11-25 ) 25 November 1848Died 9 June 1931(1931-06-09) (aged 82 )
Bristol, England
Occupation Accountant
William Frederick Denning (25 November 1848 – 9 June 1931) was a British amateur astronomer who achieved considerable success without formal scientific training.[1] [2] [3] meteor radiants , observations of Jupiter's red spot , and for the discovery of five comets .[4] cricket to the extent W G Grace invited him to play for Gloucestershire . However Denning's retiring nature made him decline the offer.[1]
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Denning devoted a great deal of time to searching for comets, and discovered five of them, including the periodic comet 72P/Denning–Fujikawa and the lost comet D/1894 F1 . The latter was the last comet discovered on British soil until the discoveries of George Alcock .
Denning also studied meteors and novae , discovering Nova Cygni 1920 (V476 Cyg). From 1869 Denning held the combined post of secretary and treasurer of the short-lived Observing Astronomical Society.[5] Royal Astronomical Society on 8 June 1877.[6] British Astronomical Association on 26 October 1898.[7] [8] Prix Valz French Academy of Sciences for 1895.[9]
During his life, Denning published 1179 articles[10] Nature The Observatory Astronomische Nachrichten Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Journal des Observateurs Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society [11]
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References
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^ a b Addison, Henry Robert; Oakes, Charles Henry; Lawson, William John; Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton (1907). "DENNING, William F." Who's Who . 59
^ Hockey, Thomas (2009). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers Springer Publishing . ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0 . Retrieved 22 August 2012 .
^ a b "(71885) Denning = 2000 WD" . Minor Planet Center . Retrieved 5 February 2020 .
^ "1869AReg....7..165. Page 165" . Astronomical Register . 7 Bibcode :1869AReg....7..165. Retrieved 22 October 2018 .
^ Dreyer, J. L. E. (1877). "1877MNRAS..37..427D Page 427" . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 37 Bibcode :1877MNRAS..37..427D . doi :10.1093/mnras/37.8.427
^ "1898JBAA....9...28. Page 28" . Journal of the British Astronomical Association . 9 Bibcode :1898JBAA....9...28. Retrieved 4 September 2021 .
^ Kelly, Howard L.; Gale, W. F.; Evershed, M. A.; Porthouse, William; Ryves, P. M.; Peek, B. M.; Davidson, M.; Prentice, J. P. M.; Kellaway, G. F.; Housman, W. B.; Porter, J. G.; Reade, Vera (1947). "The British Astronomical Association: The First Fifty Years" (PDF) . Memoirs of the British Astronomical Association . 36 Bibcode :1947MmBAA..36C..55K .
^ "Prix Valz" . Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences . Vol. Tomes XCII à CXXI, 3 Janvier 1881 à 30 Décembre 1895. Paris: Gauthier-Villars. 1900. pp. 1574–1575.
^ Beech, Martin (February 1998). "W. F. Denning—The Doyen of Amateur Astronomers" . WGN: Journal of the International Meteor Organization . 26 1 ): 19–24. Bibcode :1998JIMO...26...19B . Retrieved 29 December 2016 .
^ Accomazzi, Alberto; Kurtz, Michael J. ; Murray, Stephen S. (2016). "SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System" . Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory . Retrieved 29 December 2016 .
^ "Awards of the Comet-Medal of the ASP (1890-1896)" . Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . 9 JSTOR 40671005 .
^ Denning, W. F. (September 1890). "Comet c, 1890" . The Observatory . 13 Bibcode :1890Obs....13..295F .
^ "1932Obs....55...14. Page 14" . The Observatory . 55 Bibcode :1932Obs....55...14. Retrieved 5 September 2021 .
^ "Lunar crater Denning" . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature . USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
^ "Martian crater Denning" . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature . USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive" . Minor Planet Center . Retrieved 6 February 2020 .
Phil Williams (July 2015) "William Frederick Denning F.R.A.S." Liverpool Astronomical Society Newsletter (July 2015, pp,4–6)
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