Person Rigaud; Stephen Peter (1774 - 1839); astronomer Rigaud Stephen Peter astronomer 1774 - 1839 British Male Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom 12 August 1774 17740812 The house of his old friend, Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy, Pall Mall, London 16 March 1839 18390316 Burial: St James's Church, Piccadilly, Westminster, London, England, Europe

21 Richmond Green, Richmond, Surrey [now London] (1815-1826)

Astronomer; Mathematician Astronomy Mathematics History of science Education: Mr Delafosse's school, Richmoond; Exeter College, University of Oxford. BA (1797), MA (1799) Career: Exeter College, University of Oxford, Fellow (1794-1810), Savilian Professor of Geometry and reader in experimental philosophy (1810-1827), Savilian Professor of Astronomy (1827-1839); observer to the King at Kew, succeeding his father (1814); Radcliffe Observer, Oxford (1827); gave experimental philosophy lectures in the Ashmolean museum; public examiner for University of Oxford mathematics scholarship; proctor to the Oxford University Press; member of the Board of Longitude Memberships: FRAS; Ashmolean Society (founding member) Son of Stephen Rigaud observer at the Kew Observatory and Mary nee Demainbray; married (1815) Christian Walker Jordan, daughter of Gibbes Walker Jordan (FRS 1800) colonial agent of Barbados Rigaud was elected to the Royal Society in recognition of his expertise in mathematics and knowledge of the history of mathematics. Riguad played a role in the the claims of his brother-in-law Joseph William Jordan for compensation after the emancipation of enslaved people. Rigaud signed at the National Debt Office for the compensation for the enslaved people on three estates of Jordan's in Barbados. Royal Society roles: VP 1837-1838 Fellow 13/06/1805 30 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Wikipedia; UCL LBS Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1839 No 40 pp 175-176 References: J M Edmonds and J A Douglas, 'William Buckland, FRS (1784-1856) and an Oxford Geological Lecture, 1823' in NR 1975-6 vol 30 pp 141-167 David Layton, 'Lord Wrottesley, FRS, Pioneer Statesman of Science' in NR 1968 vol 23 pp 230-246 H E Bell, 'The Savilian Professors' Houses and Halley's Observatory at Oxford' in NR 1961 vol 16 pp 179-186 'Stephen Peter Rigaud', Legacies of British Slave-ownership database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146631700 [accessed 23rd July 2020] AssocMaterial: Papers and library held at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Collection of scientific ephemera in the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 12 Aug 1774 - 16 Mar 1839 NA1263 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/62329050 f14a03a4-11cd-4aa5-a229-012632a471f6