William Huggins ( 1824 - 1910 )

Birth: Stoke Newington, London, England (07 February 1824) Death: Tulse Hill, London (12 May 1910) Burial: Golders Green, London Research Field: Astrophysics Education: City of London School (1837-1839) Career: In business; gave up business in favour of astronomy; built an observatory at Tulse Hill; devised the star spectroscope with William Allen Miller (FRS 1845); received Civil List pension of £150 (1890); President, British Association (1891); died after a surgical operation; was cremated and his ashes buried at Golders Green.