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John Russell Hind (1823–1895)
Hind, John Russell. An English astronomer; born in Nottingham, May 12, 1823; died in Twickenham, Dec. 23, 1895. He became a Fellow of the Astronomical Society in 1843, and received three medals from the Academy of Sciences at Paris for the discovery of asteroids. His most important works are: ‘The Solar System’ (1846); ‘Astronomical Vocabulary’ (1852); ‘Comets’ (1852); ‘Illustrated London Astronomy’ (1853).