Richard Hodgson
Richard Hodgson (1804, in Wimpole Street, Marylebone, Central London – 4 May 1872, in Chingford, Essex) was an English publisher and astronomer. Educated at Lewes, Hodgson worked for some years at a banking-house in Lombard Street. In 1834 he joined Boys & Graves to form Hodgson, Boys & Graves.
Richard Hodgson
- Born
- 1804 · Marylebone.
- Died
- 1872 · Chingford.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- astronomer · photographer
- Education
- Lewes Old Grammar School
- Languages
- English
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Richard Hodgson (1804, in Wimpole Street, Marylebone, Central London – 4 May 1872, in Chingford, Essex) was an English publisher and astronomer. Educated at Lewes, Hodgson worked for some years at a banking-house in Lombard Street. In 1834 he joined Boys & Graves to form Hodgson, Boys & Graves.
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In 1836 he formed with Henry Graves the publishing company Hodgson & Graves. In 1839 their company founded The Art Journal. In 1841 Hodgson retired from publishing to work on daguerreotype. In the late 1840s he created the Hawkwood estate. After a number of years of achieving considerable success in daguerrotypy, he worked on telescopic and microscopic observations. According to his obituary in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: The geomagnetic storm they observed is now known as the Carrington Event, which spurred the study of space weather. Hodgson was made in 1848 a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and in 1849 a Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society.
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1804
Richard Hodgson was born in 1804 at Marylebone.
1872
Richard Hodgson died in 1872 at Chingford.
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- 1.Hodgson, Boys & Graves, WorldCat Identities
- 2.National Portrait Gallery, Hodgson & Graves
- 3.Hawkwood Lodge and Richard Hodgson plaque
- 4.Obituary: Richard Hodgson. MNRAS. 33. 199. February 1873. 10.1093/mnras/33.4.189a.
- 5.Hodgson, R. Description of an Eye-piece for Observing the Sun. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 15. 2. 45. December 1854. 10.1093/mnras/15.2.45.
- 6.Hodgson, R. On a curious Appearance seen in the Sun. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 20. 1. 15–16. November 1859. 10.1093/mnras/20.1.15a.
- 7.Crockett, Christopher. Are we ready? Understanding just how big solar flares can get. Knowable Magazine. September 17, 2021. 10.1146/knowable-091721-1.
- 8.Hudson, Hugh S. Carrington Events. Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. 59. 445–477. 2021. 10.1146/annurev-astro-112420-023324.
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