William Herbert Steavenson (1894-1975),British amateur astronomer and surgeon,at left,standing next to a telescope at a school observatory. Steavenson began using a telescope at the age of 13,discovering a comet in 1911,and being elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1912 aged 17. He was an expert on telescope optics,the author of several books on astronomy,Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College (1946-1964),and for 30 years,astronomy correspondent for The Times. He was awarded the Jackson-Gwilt Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1928),and was its President (1957-1959). Photographed at Minchenden School,Southgate,London,in June 1935 |