Stephen Joseph Perry ( 1833 - 1889 )

Birth: London, England (26 August 1833) Death: 27 December 1889 Burial: Georgetown, Demerera, Guyana Profession: Roman Catholic priest Research Field: Astronomy, magnetism Education: Douai College, France; Rome Career: Entered the Society of Jesus (Jesuit) (1853); went to Stonyhurst College (1856); ordained Priest (1866); Director of the Astronomical and Meteorological Observatories, Stonyhurst; Lecturer in Astronomy and Mathematics, Stonyhurst College; led several eclipse expeditions; contracted a disease whilst leading an eclipse expedition on the Isles du Salut, off French Guiana, of which he died Memberships: FRAS (1869) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 4/06/1874.