EntityQ3297579· pop 11· linked from 45 articlesMatthew RaperSign in to saveBritish astronomer, mathematician and scholar; (1705-1778)ConnectionsBenjamin FranklinEntityJames CookEntityAlessandro VoltaEntityWilliam HerschelEntityJoseph PriestleyEntityHenry CavendishEntityRoyal SocietyEntityCopley MedalEntityBenjamin ThompsonEntityJohn GoodrickeEntityEdward WaringEntityRoman currencyEntityGeorge AtwoodEntityNevil MaskelyneEntityJohn SmeatonEntityJean-André DelucEntityJohn HunterEntityJohn DollondEntityWilliam HamiltonEntityCharles HatchettEntityCategories1705 births1778 deaths18th-century British astronomers18th-century British mathematiciansBritish numismatistsFellows of the Royal SocietyRecipients of the Copley Medal