Edmund Weaver (astronomer)

Edmund Weaver
Bornc. 1683
Died27 December 1748 (aged 64–65)
NationalityEnglish, British (post 1707)
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
Memorial to Edmund Weaver in
St Vincent's Church, Caythorpe

Edmund Weaver (c. 1683 – 27 December 1748) was an English astronomer, land surveyor, and friend to William Stukeley.[1] Weaver's The British Telescope ephemerides (astronomical tables) is considered an important 18th-century publication on the movement of planets.[2]

  1. ^ The Correspondence of the Spalding Gentlemen's Society, 1710-1761, p. 143. Lincoln Record Society (2010). ISBN 0901503878
  2. ^ Devore, Nicholas (1947): Encyclopedia of Astrology. Reprint: Astrology Classics (2005). p. 177. ISBN 1933303093