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<p> A celebrated astronomer, born at Toxteth, near Liverpool; passed through Cambridge, took orders, and received the curacy of Hoole, Lancashire; was devoted to astronomy, and was the first to observe the transit of Venus, of which he gave an account in his treatise "Venus in Sole Visa" (1619-1641). </p> | Jeremiah Horrocks <ref name="term_74556" /> | ||
==References == | <p> A celebrated astronomer, born at Toxteth, near Liverpool; passed through Cambridge, took orders, and received the curacy of Hoole, Lancashire; was devoted to astronomy, and was the first to observe the transit of Venus, of which he gave an account in his treatise "Venus in [[Sole]] Visa" (1619-1641). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_74556"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/horrocks,+jeremiah Jeremiah Horrocks from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_74556"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/horrocks,+jeremiah Jeremiah Horrocks from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:29, 15 October 2021
Jeremiah Horrocks [1]
A celebrated astronomer, born at Toxteth, near Liverpool; passed through Cambridge, took orders, and received the curacy of Hoole, Lancashire; was devoted to astronomy, and was the first to observe the transit of Venus, of which he gave an account in his treatise "Venus in Sole Visa" (1619-1641).
