Person Perry; Stephen Joseph (1833 - 1889) Perry Stephen Joseph 1833 - 1889 British Male London, England 26 August 1833 27 December 1889 Burial: Georgetown, Demerera, Guyana

The College, Stonyhurst, Lancashire

Clergyman, Roman Catholic Astronomy Magnetism Education: Douai College, France; Rome Career: Entered the Society of Jesus (Jesuit) (1853); went to Stonyhurst College (1856); ordained Priest (1866); Director of the Astronomical and Meteorological Observatories, Stonyhurst; Lecturer in Astronomy and Mathematics, Stonyhurst College; led several eclipse expeditions; contracted a disease whilst leading an eclipse expedition on the Isles du Salut, off French Guiana, of which he died Memberships: FRAS (1869) Son of Stephen Perry, steel pen manufacturer of Red lion Square, London Fellow 04/06/1874 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1890 vol 48 pp xii-xv signed by A A C References: Dr George Bishop, 'Stephen Joseph Perry 1833-1889 : priest, scientists, educator' Thesis (MSc) - UMIST, 1977 Father Cortie, 'Father Stephen Joseph Perry, SJ', The Month LXVIII (January - April 1890), p 305, p 474 ©The Royal Society 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 https://pictures.royalsociety.org 26 Aug 1833 - 27 Dec 1889 NA6437 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 24/02/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/52433282 5d2dc06e-5a9d-45f5-94a4-776315033b43