Warren De la Rue

Warren De la Rue
FRS FRAS
Born(1815-01-18)18 January 1815
Guernsey, Channel Islands
Died19 April 1889(1889-04-19) (aged 74)
Marylebone, London, England
Spouse
Georgiana Bowles
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(m. 1840)​
Children5
FatherThomas de la Rue
Portrait of Warren de la Rue (1886)

Warren De la Rue FRS FRAS (18 January 1815 – 19 April 1889) was a British astronomer, chemist, and inventor, most famous for his pioneering work in astronomical photography.[1][2][3][4]

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  2. ^ "Warren De la Rue (obituary)". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 50 (4). Royal Astronomical Society: 155–164. 1890. Bibcode:1890MNRAS..50..155.. doi:10.1093/mnras/50.4.155.
  3. ^ Huggins, Margaret Lindsay (1889). "Warren De La Rue (obituary)". The Observatory. 12 (150): 244–250. Bibcode:1889Obs....12..245H. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Warren de la Rue". Nature. 40 (1019): 26–28. 1889. Bibcode:1889Natur..40...26.. doi:10.1038/040026a0. Retrieved 19 November 2015.