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  2. Richard Anthony Proctor FRAS (23 March 1837 – 12 September 1888) was an English astronomer. He is best remembered for having produced one of the earliest maps of Mars in 1867 from 27 drawings by the English observer William Rutter Dawes.

  3. Sep 12, 2024 · Richard Anthony Proctor, an English popular writer and astronomer, died Sep. 12, 1888, at the age of 51. Initially of independent means, he wrote his first book, Saturn and its Systems and published it himself in 1865.

  4. Richard Anthony Proctor. (23 Mar 1837 - 12 Sep 1888) English astronomer who first suggested (1873) that meteor impacts caused lunar craters, rather than volcanic action. He studied the motion of stars, their distribution, and their relation to the nebulae. Short biography of Richard Anthony Proctor >>.

  5. Richard Proctor was principally an expositor of science, especially astronomy. He wrote prodigiously on the latter topic, and gained considerable fame through his articles and books. In 1854, Proctor worked as a clerk in the London Joint Stock Bank.

  6. Richard Proctor was an English astronomer, educated at Cambridge, who first suggested (1873) that meteor impacts caused lunar craters, rather than volcanic action.

  7. Aug 3, 2022 · Richard Anthony Proctor was one of the most widely read popularisers of astronomy in the mid- to late nineteenth century. Having shown early promise, his scholastic career at Cambridge proved to be somewhat of a disappointment.

  8. Richard Anthony Proctor (23 March 1837 – 12 September 1888) was an English astronomer. He is best remembered for having produced one of the earliest maps of Mars in 1867 from 27 drawings by the English observer William Rutter Dawes. Read more on Wikipedia.

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