William Henry Finlay

William Henry Finlay
Born(1849-06-17)17 June 1849
Liverpool
Died7 December 1924(1924-12-07) (aged 75)
Grahamstown, South Africa
EducationTrinity College, Cambridge
University of the Cape of Good Hope
Known forPeriodic comet 15P/Finlay
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy

William Henry Finlay (FRAS) (17 June 1849, in Liverpool – 7 December 1924, in Grahamstown, South Africa) was a South African astronomer.[1] He was First Assistant at the Cape Observatory from 1873 to 1898 under Edward James Stone.[2] He discovered the periodic comet 15P/Finlay. Earlier, he was one of the first to spot the "Great Comet of 1882" (C/1882 R1).[3] The first telegraphic determinations of longitude along the western coast of Africa were made by Finlay and T. F. Pullen.[4]

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