Born1806-12-14Died1885-05-19Elected1852-01-09Membership statusFellowLink to obituary in RAS journalhttp://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?1886MNRAS..46..198.Volume, year and page range046:4 (1886), 198201NotesMN gives the birth year as 1807.