Mars Map. Richard Anthony Proctor (March 23, 1837 - September 12, 1888) was an English astronomer. He is best remembered for having produced one of the earliest maps of Mars in 1867 from 27 drawings by the English observer William Rutter Dawes. Proctor earned a scholarship at St John's College, Cambridge. He graduated in 1860 as 23rd wrangler. He read for the bar, but turned to astronomy and authorship instead, and in 1865 published an article on the Colors of Double Stars.

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Richard Proctor Mars Map, 1860s

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