William Fishburn Donkin

William Fishburn Donkin FRS
William F. Donkin (US Naval Observatory Library)
Born	(1814-02-16)16 February 1814 Bishop Burton
Died	15 November 1869(1869-11-15) (aged 55)
Nationality	British
Education	St Peter's School, York; St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Alma mater	University College, Oxford
Occupation	Savilian professor of astronomy
Known for	The Secular Acceleration of the Moon's Mean Motion

William Fishburn Donkin FRS FRAS^[1] (16 February 1814 – 15 November 1869) was a British astronomer and mathematician, Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford.