Joseph Baxendell ( 1815 - 1887 )

Birth: Manchester, England (19 April 1815) Death: The Observatory, Birkdale, near Southport (07 October 1887) Research Field: Meteorology, astronomy Career: Went to sea (1829-1835); assisted his father in his job as a land steward; took up astronomy; Astronomer to the Corporation of the City of Manchester (by 1881) Memberships: FRAS (1858); Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society Membership: Fellow Election Date: 12/06/1884.