TEMPLE CHEVALLIER | 1794-1873
Temple Chevallier was a famous Victorian mathemetician and astronomer. He wrote many papers on astronomy and made important observations about sun spots.
In 1835 he was invited to become the Professor of Astronomy at the newly founded University of Durham. He was Durham's first and only Professor of Mathemetics and Astronomy.
He was instrumental in establishing the Durham University Observatory where he started the regular study of sunspots.
The lunar crater Chevallier on the Moon is named after him.
Reference: Durham University Department of Physics
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