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James Dunlop
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1793-10-31 ) 31 October 1793, Dalry, Ayrshire , Scotland
- Died
- 22 September 1848 (1848-09-22) (aged 54), New South Wales , Australia
- Resting place
- St. Paul's Anglican Church Kincumber , New South Wales
- Known for
- made 40,000 observations and catalogued some 7385 stars, of which included 166 double stars
- Spouse
- Jean Service, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1816 )
- Children
- No children
- Awards
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1828)
- Fields
- Astronomy
- Institutions
- Paramatta Observatory
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Dunlop
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Scotland
- Place of death
- New South Wales
- Occupation
- astronomer
- Employer
- New South Wales
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- astronomy
- Image
- James Dunlop, ca. 1843 oil portrait by Joseph Backler a2448001h.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
James Dunlop FRSE (31 October 1793 – 22 September 1848) was a British astronomer, noted for his work in Australia. He was employed by Sir Thomas Brisbane to work as astronomer's assistant at his private observatory, once located at Paramatta (now named Parramatta), New South Wales, about 23 kilometres (14 mi) west of Sydney during the 1820s and 1830s. Dunlop was mostly a visual observer, doing stellar astrometry work for Brisbane, and after its completion, then independently discovered and catalogued many new telescopic southern double stars and deep-sky objects. He later became the Superintendent of Paramatta Observatory when it was finally sold to the New South Wales Government.
Early life
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