| Authorised form of name | Johnson; Manuel John (1805 - 1859) |
| Other forms of name | Manoel John |
| Dates | 1805 - 1859 |
| Place of birth | Macao, China |
| Date of birth | 23 May 1805 |
| Place of death | Oxford |
| Date of death | 28 February 1859 |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Meteorology |
| Activity | Education:
Mr Styles' Classical Academy, Thames Ditton; Addiscombe; Magdalen College, Oxford. MA (1839)
Career:
Sent to St Helena by the HEIC (1823); supervised the building of the Ladder Hill Observatory, St Helena (from 1826); Superintendent of the Observatory (by 1828); left St Helena (1833); published 'Catalogue of 606 principal fixed stars in the Southern Hemisphere (1835); Radcliffe Observer, Oxford (after 1839); died of a heart attack; prize essay instituted at Oxford in his memory
Memberships:
FRAS (President 1857-1858)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 05/06/1856 |
| Relationships | Son of John William Roberts of the HEIC; his mother was Portuguese; placed in the care of John William Bowden, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England; married the daughter of Dr James Ogle |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Hearl, 'Island of opportunity
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1859-1860 vol 10 pp xxi-xxiv
Notes:
J Tyndall's signature under From General Knowledge has been crossed out |
| Code | NA7684 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1856/08 | Johnson, Manuel John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| HS/19/231 | Self-registering photographic meteorological records and paper, by Manuel J. Johnson | 1856 |
| HS/10/333 | Letter, from Manuel John Johnson to Sir John Herschel, dated at 42 Chapel St. | 15 April 1839 |
| HS/10/336 | Letter, from Manuel John Johnson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Oxford | 13 October 1856 |
| HS/10/334 | Letter, from Manuel John Johnson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford | 29 March 1847 |
| HS/10/332 | Letter, from Manuel John Johnson to Sir John Herschel, dated at 42 Chapel St. | 25 March 1839 |
| HS/10/335 | Letter, from Manuel John Johnson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford | 23 July 1848 |