Stratford, William Samuel 1790-1853
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Stratford, William Samuel 1790-1853
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Stratford, William Samuel, 1791-1853,
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Stratford, William Samuel
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William Samuel Stratford
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William Samuel Stratford
Stratford, William Samuel, active 1823-1827, Lieutenant; RN, FRS, astronomer
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Stratford, William Samuel, active 1823-1827, Lieutenant; RN, FRS, astronomer
Stratford, W. S. 1790-1853
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Stratford, William Samuel, fl. 1823-1827
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Stratford, William Samuel, fl. 1823-1827
Stratford, William S. 1790-1853
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William Samuel Stratford (1791-1853) was born on 31 May 1791. He entered the navy in 1806, and was engaged in naval business in the North Sea, 1809-1815. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1815, but was not engaged offshore after that year. Thereafter, Stratford studied astronomy, and became Secretary of the Astronomical Society on its foundation in 1820. He was appointed Superintendent of the Nautical almanac in 1831, and made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1832. He died on 29 March 1853.
Epithet: Lieutenant; RN, FRS, astronomer
Astronomer. Fellow of the Royal Society.
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