Richard Anthony ProctorRichard A. Proctor (March 23, 1837 -- September 12, 1888) was a British astronomer. He created one of the earliest maps of Mars in 1867 from 27 drawings by the British observer William Rutter Dawes. His map gave the name "Kaiser Sea" to what is now called Syrtis Major. He wrote the articles on astronomy in the American Cyclopaedia and the ninth edition of the Encyclopędia Britannica. He was a popular lecturer on astronomy in England, America and Australia. As a science writer, he attained a high degree of popularity. His numerous works had a wide influence in familiarizing the public with astronomy. These include: Handbook of the Stars (1866), Half-Hours with the Telescope (1868), Other Worlds than Ours (1870), Light Science for Leisure Hours (1871), The Sun (1871), The Orbs around Us (1872), Essays on Astronomy (1872), The Expanse of Heaven (1873), The Moon (1873), The Borderland of Science (1873), The Universe (1874), Coming Transits (1874), Transits of Venus (1874), Our Place among Infinities (1875), Myths and Marvels of Astronomy (1877), The Universe of Stars (1878), Flowers of the Sky (1879), The Poetry of Astronomy (1880), Easy Star Lessons (1882), Familiar Science Studies (1882), Mysteries of Time and Space (1883), The Great Pyramid (1883), The Universe of Suns (1884), The Seasons (1885), Other Suns than Ours (1887), Half-Hours with the Stars (1887), Old and New Astronomy (unfinished, completed by A. Cowper Ranyard 1892). Works |