Person Cooper; Edward Joshua (1798 - 1863) Cooper Edward Joshua 1798 - 1863 British Male Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland May 1798 Markree Castle, Collooney, Sligo, Ireland 23 April 1863

Markee Castle, Colooney, Sligo, Ireland (1852)

Astronomy Education: Schooled at Armagh; Eton College; Christ Church, Oxford (did not complete degree) Career: Toured Persia and Turkey (1820-1821) and Egypt, Scandinavia (1824-1825); took over family estates at Markree Castle and built an astronomical observatory; MP for Sligo (1830-1841, 1857-1859);assisted in observations byAndrew Graham (1842 - 1860) discovering new minor planet, Metis and measuring approximate positions of 60 066 stars, only 8 965 of which were previously known; on recommendation of the Royal Society work published by the government in four volumes as 'Catalogue of Stars near the Ecliptic, Observed at Markree' (1851-1856); awarded Cunnigham Medal of the Royal Irish Academy; Honorary LLD, University of Dublin (1863); Memberships: MRIA 1832 Married 1. Sophia L'estrange of Moystown, County Offaly 2. Sarah Frances Wynne Fellow 02/06/1853 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Irish Innovators Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1863-1864 vol 13 pp i-iii 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 May 1798 - 23 Apr 1863 NA5034 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/15552880 57743e4d-fc4b-434c-9b62-5504111b1b33