Temple Chevallier

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Temple Chevallier
Born19 October 1794 Edit this on Wikidata
Badingham Edit this on Wikidata
Died4 November 1873 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 79)
Harrow Weald Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationAstronomer Edit this on Wikidata

Temple Chevallier FRAS

sunspots. Chevallier has been called "a remarkable Victorian polymath" (Kenworthy, 1994). Not only did he write many papers on astronomy and physics, he also published a translation of the Apostolic Fathers that went into a second edition, and translated the works of Clement of Rome, Polycarp and Ignatius of Antioch
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Life

Son of Rev. Temple Fiske Chevallier, rector of

Hulsean lecturer in Divinity from 1826 to 1827.[3] He was curate and then vicar of St Andrew the Great, Cambridge.[4]

His lectures were published as Of the proofs of the divine power and wisdom derived from the study of astronomy in 1835.[5]

That same year, Chevallier was invited to become Professor of Astronomy at the newly founded University of Durham. A chair of Mathematics and Astronomy existed at the University of Durham between 1841 and 1871; Chevallier was the one to hold this post. He also served as Reader in Hebrew from 1835 to 1871, Registrar from 1835 to 1865, and from 1834 to 1835 also assisted with lectures in Divinity.[5]

He was instrumental in establishing the

Jupiter's moons and regular meteorological observations. From 1835 until his death, he also served as perpetual Parish Priest at Esh, just outside Durham, where he founded the village school and restored the church.[5]

After his resignation in 1871 from his academic posts following a stroke, he died on 4 November 1873.[5]

Family

Chevallier had married, in 1825, Catherine,[5] daughter of American Loyalist Charles Apthorpe Wheelwright. She died in 1858. He had three children: Catherine Temple, Alicia Temple and Temple (who died as a child).

Legacy

References

  1. ^ "1874MNRAS..34R.137. Page 138". adsbit.harvard.edu. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Perronelle Guild". 3 April 2004.
  3. ^ "Chevallier, Temple (CHVR812T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ "Chevallier, Temple (1819 - 1835) (CCEd Person ID 6632)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e Hunt 1887.

Attribution:  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainHunt, Robert (1887). "Chevallier, Temple". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 10. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Further reading

  • "Archives Collection: Temple Chevallier". University of Liverpool. 16 November 1999.
  • Kenworthy, J.M., 1994, "The Durham University Observatory meteorological record," Observatories and Climatological Research, Occasional Publication, no. 29, Department of Geography, University of Dunham.
  • Kenworthy, J.M. and Lowes, M.D., 1993, "The Chevalier family: their contribution to meteorology in the north-east of England," Weather, 48 (2), 51–6.
  • Clive Hodges: Cobbold & Kin: Life Stories from an East Anglian Family (Woodbridge, Boydell Press, 2014)