Person Roberts; Isaac (1829 - 1904) Roberts Isaac 1829 - 1904 British Male Groes, Denbighshire 27 January 1829 Crowborough, Sussex 17/07/1904 19040717 Burial: Birkenhead cemetery, Flaybrick Hill, Birkenhead, Cheshire

Kennessee, Maghull, near Liverpool (1889); Crowburgh Hill, Surrey

Astronomy Geology Career: Worked for a firm of builders and lime burners, Liverpool; became manager (1855); started his own business as a builder, Liverpool (1858); retired having earned enough to concentrate on science (1888); studied underground water; took up astronomy and became an expert in stellar photography; photographed the nebula in Andromeda (1888) and in Orion (1889); died suddenly; was cremated Memberships: FRAS (1882); FGS (1870) Son of William Roberts, farmer. Married: 1) (1875) Ellen Anne, daughter of Antony Cartmel; 2) (1901) Dorothea Klumpke of San Francisco Fellow 05/06/1890 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 356-363 signed by R S B ©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 27 Jan 1829 - 17 Jul 1904 NA7133 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 8b1b64c5-4bc1-4246-a57d-6d0edf788e71