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Thomas Wright
Astronomer
1711 – 1786
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Who was Thomas Wright?
Thomas Wright was an English astronomer, mathematician, instrument maker, architect and garden designer. He was the first to describe the shape of the Milky Way and speculate that faint nebulae were distant galaxies.
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- Born
- Sep 22, 1711
Byers Green - Nationality
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- England
- Profession
- Died
- Feb 25, 1786
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on July 23, 2013
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