Nevil Maskelyne: advisors and students

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Nevil Maskelyne

Fifth Astronomer Royal (*1765 – †1811)1732 to 1811

Wikidata lists 2 doctoral students and names James Bradley as teacher. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 5 other registers.

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known as: mathematician, astronomer, scientist, university teacher
fields: astronomy, mathematic, gravity, celestial mechanics, orbital mechanics, mass, astronomical observatory
awards: Fellow of the Royal Society, 1758, Copley Medal, 1775, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1784, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, from 1788
member of: Royal Society of London, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, French Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, American Philosophical Society, from 1771
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