Person Baxendell; Joseph (1815 - 1887) Baxendell Joseph 1815 - 1887 British Male Manchester, England 19 April 1815 The Observatory, Birkdale, near Southport 07 October 1887

14 Liverpool Road, Birkdale, Southport (1881)

Meteorology Astronomy 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 Son of Thomas Baxendell and his wife, nee Shepley; married Mary Anne, sister of Norman Pogson, government astronomer of Madras Fellow 12/06/1884 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 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 19 Apr 1815 - 7 Oct 1887 NA6668 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/35237920 d9f926dc-8a19-4d32-aaba-27f9ab7a802e