William Henry Finlay
Deceased Person
1849 – 1924
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Who was William Henry Finlay?
William Henry Finlay was a South African astronomer. He was First Assistant at the Cape Observatory from 1873 to 1898 under Edward James Stone. He discovered the periodic comet 15P/Finlay. Earlier, he was one of the first to spot the "Great Comet of 1882". The first telegraphic determinations of longitude along the western coast of Africa were made by Finlay and T. F. Pullen.
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- Born
- Jun 17, 1849
Liverpool - Nationality
- South Africa
- Died
- Dec 7, 1924
Cape Town
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on July 23, 2013
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