Stratford, William Samuel 1790-1853

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.

From the guide to the William Samuel Stratford: Papers, 1827-1838, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)

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