For other people named John Goodricke, see John Goodricke (disambiguation).
John Goodricke
Born
(1764-09-17)17 September 1764
Groningen
Died
20 April 1786(1786-04-20) (aged 21)
Nationality
British
Known for
Studies of variable stars
Awards
Copley Medal (1783)
Scientific career
Fields
Astronomy
John Goodricke FRS (17 September 1764 – 20 April 1786) was an English amateur astronomer. He is best known for his observations of the variable star Algol (Beta Persei) in 1782.
Algol (Beta Persei) in 1782. JohnGoodricke, named after his great-grandfather Sir JohnGoodricke 1617–1670 (see Goodricke baronets of Ribston Hall), was...
Goodricke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: JohnGoodricke Thomas Goodricke Sir Henry Goodricke, 2nd Baronet Goodricke baronets Holyoake-Goodricke...
Baronetcy of Goodricke of Ribston was created in the Baronetage of England by King Charles I on 14 August 1641 for his loyal supporter JohnGoodricke of Ribston...
originates from Delta Cephei in the constellation Cepheus, identified by JohnGoodricke in 1784. It was the first of its type to be identified. On September...
until more than a century later, when the British amateur astronomer JohnGoodricke also proposed a mechanism for the star's variability. In May 1783, he...
described was the eclipsing variable Algol, by Geminiano Montanari in 1669; JohnGoodricke gave the correct explanation of its variability in 1784. Chi Cygni was...
residential college, Goodricke. In The Press on 28 July 2008, Shepherd Construction was named as the preferred contractor for the Goodricke College buildings...
classification Thomas Edison, American businessperson and inventor JohnGoodricke, (1764–1786), English astronomer Olaf Hassel, Norwegian astronomer Nansie...
changes in luminosity. Delta Cephei was discovered to be variable by JohnGoodricke during 1784. He describes his first observation on October 19, 1784...
classical Cepheids is the star Delta Cephei, discovered to be variable by JohnGoodricke a month later. Delta Cephei is also of particular importance as a calibrator...
eclipsing body caused these luminosity variations was introduced by JohnGoodricke in 1783. Sun – Moon – Earth: Solar eclipse | annular eclipse | hybrid...
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The mechanism for its being variable was first correctly explained by JohnGoodricke in 1782. Many thousands of Algol binaries are now known: the latest...
inherited for life by his illegitimate daughter Mary, who had married Sir JohnGoodricke of Ribston Hall and died in 1792. It then passed to the first Baron's...
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(1603–1659), explorer, seafarer, merchant for the Dutch East India Company JohnGoodricke (1764–1786), astronomer, observed the variable star Algol Albert Dominicus...
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