William Huggins (1824–1910)

Astronomer. Tutored privately, 1839–42. Acquired a telescope in 1843 and recorded astronomical observations in the 1850s. Adapted the spectroscope for astronomical use and researched nebular spectra from the 1860s. Developed a method for observing the sun’s corona without an eclipse in 1885. Published an atlas of stellar spectra, 1899. Knighted, 1897. FRS 1867.