Manuel John Johnson, English astronomer, 1862. Artist: Unknown

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Manuel John Johnson, English astronomer, 1862. Johnson (1805-1859) observed the total solar eclipse of 27 July 1832 while in charge of the St Helena observatory. He was Keeper at the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, from 1839-1859 and President of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1857-1858. Obverse of the medal of the Johnson Memorial Prize for the advance of astronomy and meteorology, founded in 1862.

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