John Rand Capron

John Rand Capron (1829–1888) FRAS[1] was an English amateur scientist, astronomer and photographer. Though a solicitor by profession, he became an expert on spectroscopy, particularly in relation to the aurora, and published many articles during his lifetime.[2]

He is also remembered for a speculative letter, in the scientific journal Nature on early examples of "crop circles", in which he suggested they were caused by "cyclonic wind action".[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ras was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Fuller, Paul (2014). "The Life and Times of John Rand Capron (1829–1888)". The Antiquarian Astronomer. 8. Society for the History of Astronomy: 21–45. Bibcode:2014AntAs...8...21F. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  3. ^ Nature 1880-07-29: Vol 22 Iss 561. Nature Publishing Group. 29 July 1880.