Johannes Hevelius ( 1611 - 1687 )

Birth: Danzig [Gdańsk], Poland, Europe (28 January 1611) Death: Danzig [Gdańsk], Poland, Europe (28 January 1687) Profession: Astronomer Research Field: Astronomy; instrument making Education: Danzig Gymnasium; School at Bydgoszcz; Leyden (admitted 1630) Career: Visited London (1631) and Paris (1632-1634); worked in his father's brewery for two years and ran it after his father's death (1649); Magistrate (1641); City Counsellor (1651); built an observatory in his house, which was destroyed by a fire (1679) along with his instruments, workshop, printing press and books and papers, and reconstructed, though with inferior instruments (1681) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 30/03/1664 Proposer: Sir Robert Moray Committee appointments include: Astronomical and Optical Committee (1664) Other RSActivity: Elected on the same day he was proposed.