John Mackenzie Bacon English Astronomer
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| Birthday |
19th June, 1846
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| Died |
26th December, 1904
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| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini
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| Nationality |
English
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| Occupation |
Astronomer
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John Mackenzie Bacon, FRAS (19 June 1846 – 26 December 1904) was an English astronomer, aeronaut, and lecturer. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1888. Both John and his daughter Gertrude were members of the British Astronomical Association. The BAA organised expeditions to observe total solar eclipses, which John and Gertrude went on. The first was to Vadso, Lapland (eclipse date 9 August 1896), which was unsuccessful due to cloudy weather. The second was to Buxar, India (eclipse date 22 January 1898). Here they succeeded in filming the eclipse, but unfortunately the film has been lost. The Bacons also went on a ballon flight in November 1899 piloted by Stanley Spencer to observe the Leonid meteors. The flight took off from Newbury at 4:00am on Thursday 16 November and drifted westward with the flight ending near Neath. Very few meteors were observed however. A third eclipse expedition was to Wadesborough, North Carolina (eclipse date 28 May 1900) and was also successful. Bacon and John Nevil Maskelyne went on to file a patent for inflating balloons.
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