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James Glaisher
Born(1809-04-07)7 April 1809
Rotherhithe, London, England
Died7 February 1903(1903-02-07) (aged 93)
Croydon, Surrey, England
Spouse
Cecilia Louisa Belville
(m. 1843)
Children3 (incl. James)
Scientific career
FieldsMeteorology

James Glaisher FRS (7 April 1809 – 7 February 1903) was an English meteorologist, aeronaut and astronomer.

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James Glaisher FRS (7 April 1809 – 7 February 1903) was an English meteorologist, aeronaut and astronomer. Born in Rotherhithe, the son of a London watchmaker...

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Glaisher is a surname, and may refer to: Cecilia Glaisher (1828–1892), photographer and illustrator James Glaisher (1809–1903), English meteorologist and...

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Cecilia Glaisher

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Appelina Glaisher (1845–1932), James Whitbread Lee Glaisher (1848–1928), and Ernest Henry Glaisher (1858–1885). James Glaisher's career is well documented...

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Henry Tracey Coxwell

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flight from Wolverhampton, England that achieved a record altitude with James Glaisher in 1862, reaching at least 29,000 ft (8,800 m), and perhaps as high...

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Royal Meteorological Society

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meteorological phenomena in general". Along with nine others, including James Glaisher, John Drew, Edward Joseph Lowe, The Revd Joseph Bancroft Reade, and...

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advocated for its adoption across wider industry. He has an elder brother, James Redmayne, a younger brother, and an elder half-brother, Charlie Redmayne...

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List of 2010s films based on actual events

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(2019) – biographical adventure film follows the balloon expedition of James Glaisher, whose life goal is to travel into the sky to predict the weather and...

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Discovery of Neptune

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ruin his career. Airy and Challis were criticised, particularly by James Glaisher, as failing to exercise their proper role as mentors of a young talent...

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Flight altitude record

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about 29,500 ft (9,000 m); Henry Coxwell and James Glaisher in a balloon filled with coal gas. Glaisher lost consciousness during the ascent due to the...

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Microform

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suggested as a document preservation method in 1851 by the astronomer James Glaisher, and in 1853 by John Herschel, another astronomer. Both men attended...

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Timeline of aviation in the 19th century

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5 September – Aeronaut Henry Tracey Coxwell and English physicist James Glaisher officially reach a height of 29,527 ft (9,000 m) in a coal gas balloon...

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List of biographical films

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Various Actors The Golden Glove Fritz Honka Jonas Dassler The Aeronauts James Glaisher Eddie Redmayne The Highwaymen Frank Hamer Kevin Costner Maney Gault...

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List of balloonists

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(1944–2007), American, first solo non-stop balloon flight around the Earth. James Glaisher FRS (1809–1903), English meteorologist, astronomer, and pioneering balloonist...

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1809 in science

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James Glaisher (died 1903), English meteorologist and balloonist. April 15 – Hermann Grassmann (died 1877), German mathematician. April 20 – James David...

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List of Cambridge mathematicians

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Mathematics Anil Kumar Gain, Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society James Glaisher Peter Goddard, Master of St John's College, Cambridge 1994-2004 William...

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Richard Leach Maddox

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secretary of the committee was Andrew Pringle and the chairman was James Glaisher, president of the Photographic Society of Great Britain. By 1892, £500...

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1903 in science

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(born 1819), Anglo-Irish mathematician and physicist. February 7 – James Glaisher (born 1809), English meteorologist and balloonist. March 28 – Émile...

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Leicester balloon riot

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He became famous for a 5 September 1862 flight with meteorologist James Glaisher. Setting off from Wolverhampton in the West Midlands in a hot air balloon...

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Hendon Aerodrome

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flights, and the first aerial defence of a city. Henry Coxwell and James Glaisher were the first to fly from Hendon in a balloon called the Mammoth in...

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Royal Aeronautical Society

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aeronautical society in the world. Early or founding members included James Glaisher, Francis Wenham, the Duke of Argyll, and Frederick Brearey. In the first...

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1903 in the United Kingdom

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1st Baronet, mathematician and physicist (born 1819) 7 February – James Glaisher, meteorologist and aeronaut (born 1809) 4 March – Joseph Henry Shorthouse...

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