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Manuel John Johnson

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Manuel John Johnson, 1862. Johnson (1805-1859) observed the total solar eclipse of 27 July 1832 while in charge of the St Helena observatory. Keeper of the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford (1839-1859). President of the Royal Astronomical Society 1857-1858. Obverse of medal of the Johnson Memorial Prize for the advance of astronomy and meteorology founded in 1862.

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