Authorised form of name | Baxendell; Joseph (1815 - 1887) |
Dates | 1815 - 1887 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Manchester, England |
Date of birth | 19 April 1815 |
Place of death | The Observatory, Birkdale, near Southport |
Date of death | 07 October 1887 |
Research field | Meteorology; astronomy |
Activity | Career: Went to sea (1829-1835); assisted his father in his job as a land steward; took up astronomy; Astronomer to the Corporation of the City of Manchester (by 1881) Memberships: FRAS (1858); Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 12/06/1884 |
Relationships | Son of Thomas Baxendell and his wife, nee Shepley; married Mary Anne, sister of Norman Pogson, government astronomer of Madras |
Sources | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1887-1888 vol 43 pp iv-vi signed by B S James Bottomley 'Memoir of the late Joseph Baxendell, FRS, FRAS' in Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 4th deries, Vol. 1, pp 28-58 |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/35237920 |
Royal Society code | NA6668 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference number | Title | Date |
MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |
EC/1884/09 | Baxendell, Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
IM/005451 | Baxendell, Joseph | nd |
MC/8/31 | Letter from Josh [Joseph] Baxendell, Cheetam Hill, Manchester, to Lieut-General Edward Sabine, President of the Royal Society | 22 March 1867 |