| Authorised form of name | Groombridge; Stephen (1755 - 1832) |
| Dates | 1755 - 1832 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Goudhurst, Kent, England |
| Date of birth | 07 January 1755 |
| Place of death | Blackheath, London |
| Date of death | 30 March 1832 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Goudhurst, Kent |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Activity | Career:
Apprenticed to a linen draper, West Smithfield, London; succeeded to the business; West India merchant; built a small observatory at his house, Goudhurst; undertook a catalogue of stars and made 50,000 observations
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 27/02/1812 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1832-1833 No 11 p 149 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/20026733 |
| Code | NA5809 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/001800 | Groombridge, Stephen | nd |
| MC/1/33 | Letter from Stephen Groombridge, Blackheath, to Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal | 17 December 1806 |
| EC/1806/09 | Groombridge, Stephen: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| EC/1811/22 | Groombridge, Stephen: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| PT/14/28 | Paper, 'Astronomical observations' by Stephen Groombridge | [1820] |
| PT/8/18 | Paper, 'Some further observations on atmospherical refraction' by Stephen Groombridge | 31 January 1814 |
| MC/1/247 | Letter from Dr. Peter Mark Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society], to [Sir John Barrow] | 15 July 1830 |
| MC/1/243 | Letter from Sir John Barrow, [Second Secretary to the Admiralty], Admiralty Office, to William Thomas Brande | 7 July 1830 |
| MC/1 | Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1800-1831 |
| PT/1/14 | Letter, regarding observations of planet Vesta from Stephen Groombridge to Stephen Lee | 29 April 1807 |
| PT/4/9 | Paper, ['Observations on atmospherical refraction as it affects astronomical observations'] in a letter from S [Stephen] Groombridge to the Rev Nevil Maskelyne | 22 January 1810 |