Victorian Amateur Astronomer

This Is The First Book To Look In Detail At Amateur Astronomy In Victorian BritainIt Deals With The Technical Issues That Were Active In Victorian Astronomy, And Reviews The Problems Of Finance, Patronage And The Dissemination Of Scientific Ideas, Including The Relationship Between The Amateur And The Professional In BritainIt Contains AWealth Of Previously Unpublished Biographical And Anecdotal Material, And An Extended Bibliography With Notes Incorporating Much New Scholarship.this Longawaited New Edition Of The Victorian Amateur Astronomer Brings Allan Chapman,s Groundbreaking Research On The Role Of The Amateur In The Development Of Astronomy To ANew GenerationHe Shows That While On The Continent Astronomical Research Was Lavishly Supported By The State, In Britain Such Research Was Paid For Out Of The Pockets Of Highly Educated, Wealthy Gentlemen The Socalled ,grand Amateurs,It Was These Powerful Individuals Who Commissioned The Telescopes, Built The Observatories, Ran The Learned Societies, And Often Stole Discoveries From Their Stateemployed Colleagues Abroad.in Addition To The ,grand Amateurs,, Victorian Britain Also Contained Many Selftaught AmateursAlthough They Belonged To No Learned Societies, These People Provide ABarometer Of The Popularity Of Astronomy In That AgeIn The Late th Century, The Comfortable Middle Classes Clergymen, Lawyers, Physicians And Retired Military Officers Took To Astronomy As ASerious HobbyThey Formed Societies Which Focused On Observation, Lectures And Discussion, And It Was Through This Medium That Women First Came To Play ASignificant Role In British Astronomy.readership: Undergraduate And Postgraduate Students Studying The History Of Science Or Humanities, Professional Historians Of Science, Engineering And Technology, Particularly Those With An Interest In Astronomy, The Development Of Astronomical Ideas, And Scientific Instrumentmakers, And Amateur Astronomers.allan Chapman Is AGraduate Of The University Of Lancaster, And He Received His D.philFrom The University Of OxfordHe Holds Three Honorary Doctorates From British Universities, And Was The Jacksongwilt Medallist Of The Royal Astronomical SocietyHe Is The Author Of Eleven Other Books On The History Of Science And Around Articles In International Academic JournalsHe Teaches In The Faculty Of History At Oxford University, Is AMember Of
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