William Huggins

William Huggins
Portrait by John Collier, 1905
Born(1824-02-07)7 February 1824
Died12 May 1910(1910-05-12) (aged 86)
Tulse Hill, London, England
Known forAstronomical spectroscopy
SpouseMargaret Lindsay Huggins
AwardsRoyal Medal (1866)
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1867)
Lalande Prize (1870)
Rumford Medal (1880)
Valz Prize (1882)
Janssen Medal (1888)
Copley Medal (1898)
Actonian Prize (1900)
Henry Draper Medal (1901)
Bruce Medal (1904)
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy

Sir William Huggins OM KCB FRS (7 February 1824 – 12 May 1910) was a British astronomer best known for his pioneering work in astronomical spectroscopy together with his wife, Margaret.[1]

  1. ^ Henry Park Hollis (1912). "Huggins, William" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.