Horrocks, Jeremiah, 1617?-1641
Variant namesEpithet: Curate of Hoole, near Preston
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000789.0x0002a8
Jeremiah Horrocks (1618-41) of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, astronomer, inspired John Flamsteed in the creation of the Royal Observatory, 1675, and was named by Sir Isaac Newton as a crucial link between Kepler and his own work. Horrocks predicted a transit of Venus, and on 24th November 1639 was the first astronomer to see it, with the aid of a telescope. Horrocks worked on 'Venus in sole visa' until his death at the age of 23; it was published from another manuscript (now lost) by Joannes Hevelius in Danzig, 1662. An English translation was published in 1859.
From the guide to the Jeremiah Horrocks: Venus in sole visa, 1639-1641, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)
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| referencedIn | Richerson: Epitome capitulorum ejus cosmographiæ: 17th cent.includes:ff. 2-19 b, 20-36 b Arnold Florentz van Langen, Cosmographe de sa Majesté Catholique: Traicté d'aucuns usages et observations de deux globes: 17th cent.: Two copies.ff. 2-19, 20-3... | British Library | |
| creatorOf | Jeremiah Horrocks: Venus in sole visa, 1639-1641 | Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Gaythorpe, Sidney B., 1880-1964. Papers, 1903-1961. | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign | |
| referencedIn | Jeremiah Horrocks: Venus in sole visa, 1639-1641 | Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Nathanael Highmore, MD: Drafts of letters on medical subjects: 17th cent.Nathanael Highmore, MD: Loci communes: 1676-1683.: Lat. and Engl.includes:f. 4 Henry Ashworth: Letter to Dr. Case: n.d.: Lat.ff. 14 b-1 7 Ralph Bathurst, DD, President of Tr... | British Library |
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Birth 1618
Death 1641-01-03
English
