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- 1760-1786 (Produção)
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John Goodricke was born in the Netherlands in 1764. the son of Henry Goodricke, a British diplomat. His family returned to York in 1776. He died in 1786.
See Also - Pigott; family; astronomers
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Nathanial Pigott was born in 1725, the son of Ralph Pigott, a lawyer, and Alethea Fairfax. Alethea Fairfax was the daughter of William, 9th Viscount Fairfax, of Gilling Castle. In 1749, he married Anna Mathurine de Beriot of Louvain. In the 1770s, he moved to York in an attempt to settle his claim to the Fairfax estate at Gilling. He died in 1804.
His eldest son, Edward, was born in 1753. Edward was disinherited from the Fairfax title due to a family quarrel, and it was passed to his brother, Charles. He died in 1825.
Worked with John Goodricke from 1781. Great-grandson of 9th Viscount Fairfax. Brother Charles married Mary Goodricke, aunt of John Goodricke.
See Also - Goodricke; John (1764 - 1786); astronomer
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Papers of Nathaniel Pigott. Includes:
-Barometrical and Thermometrical Observations 1760-1769
-Astronomical Observations 1760-1772
-Astronomical Journal 1761-1786
-Astronomical Observations 2 (fair copy) 1766-1773
-Mathematical Correspondence to 1781. 1770-1782
-Mathematical Correspondence 1783, 1784, and 1786. 1783-1786
-Book of Transit Observations 1778-1785
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