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John Birmingham | |
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| Born | May 1816 Millbrook Estate near Milltown, County Galway, Ireland |
| Died | 7 September 1884 (aged 67–68) Millbrook Estate, County Galway, Ireland |
| Awards | Cunningham Medal (Royal Irish Academy, 1884) |
John Birmingham (1816–1884) was an Irish astronomer, amateur geologist, polymath and poet. He spent six or seven years travelling widely in Europe where he became proficient in several languages. In 1866, he discovered the recurrent nova T Coronae Borealis. He studied and wrote articles on planets, meteor showers and sunspots.[1][2][3]
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