Person Robinson; Thomas Romney (1792 - 1882) Robinson Thomas Romney 1792 - 1882 British Male Parish of St Anne's, Dublin, Ireland 23 April 1792 The observatory, Armagh, County Armagh 28 February 1882

Armagh (1856)

Mathematics Astronomy Meteorology Education: Belfast Royal Academy; Trinity College, Dublin; BD (1822) Career: Scholar. Fellow and Lecturer in natural philosophy, Trinity College, Dublin; published his lectures as 'A System of Mechanics' (1820); involved with Apothecaries Hall, the Royal Dublin Society and the Royal Irish Academy; accepted the Trinity College living at Enniskillen, County Fermanagh (Church of Ireland) (1821); Astronomer, Armagh Observatory (1823-1882); President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1849); published 'Places of 5,345 Stars Observed from 1838 to 1854 at the Armagh Observatory'; honorary degrees from the Universities of Dublin, Oxford and Cambridge; designed the Robinson anemometer Memberships: MRIA President 1851-1856 Son of Thomas Robinson and Ruth Buck; married 1. (1821) Elizabeth Isabelle Rambaut 2. Lucy Jane Edgeworth (1843) daughter of Richard Lovell Edgeworth; father-in-law of George Gabriel Stokes, FRS Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1862 Fellow 05/06/1856 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Irish Innovators References: G Ferrari and A McConnell, 'Robert Mallet and the 'Great Neapolitan earthquake' of 1857 in NR 2005 vol 59 pp 45-64 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 23 Apr 1792 - 28 Feb 1882 NA2440 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/47542532 c9b00b5d-cbf2-4419-8866-f5a14fcd4ab7