Richard Anthony Proctor

Richard Anthony Proctor FRAS was an English astronomer. He is best remembered for having produced one of the earliest maps of Mars in 1867 from 27 drawings by the English observer William Rutter Dawes. His map was later superseded by those of Giovanni Schiaparelli and Eugène Antoniadi and his nomenclature was dropped.

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Who was born first?

• Richard Anthony Proctor and Henry Draper were born the same year
• Richard Anthony Proctor and Johannes Diderik van der Waals were born the same year
• Richard Anthony Proctor and Édouard Stephan were born the same year
• Richard Anthony Proctor and John Alexander Reina Newlands were born the same year
• Richard Anthony Proctor and Horace Parnell Tuttle were born the same year

Timeline

1. Édouard StephanAugust 31, 1837 – December 31, 1923
2. Henry DraperMarch 7, 1837 – November 20, 1882
3. Horace Parnell TuttleMarch 17, 1837 – August 16, 1923
4. Johannes Diderik van der WaalsNovember 23, 1837 – March 8, 1923
5. John Alexander Reina NewlandsNovember 26, 1837 – July 29, 1898
6. Richard Anthony Proctor (this page)March 23, 1837 – September 12, 1888

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