Temple Chevallier
Temple Chevallier | |
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Born | 19 October 1794 Badingham |
Died | 4 November 1873 (aged 79) Harrow Weald |
Occupation | Astronomer |
Temple Chevallier FRAS
Life
Son of Rev. Temple Fiske Chevallier, rector of
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
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
- Chevallier was the first British astronomer to institute regular and continuous observation of sunspots.
- He is entablatured in the Cathedral Chapel of the Nine Altars (Durham) and is portrayed in the Great Hall of Durham Castle (University College, Durham) as a large, imposing man, with a heavy beard.
- The lunar crater Chevallieris named after him.
References
- ^ "1874MNRAS..34R.137. Page 138". adsbit.harvard.edu. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ^ "Perronelle Guild". 3 April 2004.
- ^ "Chevallier, Temple (CHVR812T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Chevallier, Temple (1819 - 1835) (CCEd Person ID 6632)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Hunt 1887.
Attribution: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Hunt, 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) ISBN 9781843839545