Isaac Roberts ( 1829 - 1904 )

Birth: Groes, Denbighshire (27 January 1829) Death: Crowborough, Sussex (17 July 1904) Burial: Birkenhead cemetery, Flaybrick Hill, Birkenhead, Cheshire Research Field: Astronomy, geology Career: Worked for a firm of builders and lime burners, Liverpool; became manager (1855); started his own business as a builder, Liverpool (1858); retired having earned enough to concentrate on science (1888); studied underground water; took up astronomy and became an expert in stellar photography; photographed the nebula in Andromeda (1888) and in Orion (1889); died suddenly; was cremated Memberships: FRAS (1882); FGS (1870) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 5/06/1890.