James Bradley ( 1693 - 1762 )

Birth: Sherborne, Gloucestershire, England (March 1693) Death: His father-in-law's house at Chalford, Gloucestershire (13 July 1762) Burial: Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire Profession: Clergyman, Church of England Research Field: Astronomy Discovered the aberration of light while attempting to detect stellar parallax Education: Northleach grammar school; Balliol College, Oxford.