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Thomas Wright (astronomer)

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Thomas Wright (22 September 171125 February 1786) was an English astronomer, mathematician, instrument maker, architect and garden designer. [1]

31 relations: Architect, Astronomer, Bishop Auckland, Byers Green, Cassiobury Park, County Durham, Earl of Halifax, Earth, England, Folly, Freeman Dyson, Galaxy, Immanuel Kant, King James I Academy, London, Mathematician, Milky Way, Navigation, Nebula, Observatory, Orrery, Rothley, Northumberland, Saturn, South Church, County Durham, Speech disorder, Sunderland, Universal Natural History and Theory of Heaven, Wallington Hall, Watford, Westerton, County Durham, William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex.

Architect

An architect is a person who plans, designs, and reviews the construction of buildings.

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Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who concentrates their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth.

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Bishop Auckland

Bishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish in County Durham in north east England.

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Byers Green

Byers Green is a village in County Durham, in England.

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Cassiobury Park

Cassiobury Park is the principal public park in Watford, Hertfordshire, in England.

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County Durham

County Durham (locally) is a county in North East England.

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Earl of Halifax

Earl of Halifax is a title that has been created four times in British history.

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Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Folly

In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but suggesting through its appearance some other purpose, or of such extravagant appearance that it transcends the range of garden ornaments usually associated with the class of buildings to which it belongs.

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Freeman Dyson

Freeman John Dyson (born 15 December 1923) is an English-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician.

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Galaxy

A galaxy is a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter.

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Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher who is a central figure in modern philosophy.

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King James I Academy

King James I Academy (formally known as King James I Community Arts College) is a medium size academy school and sixth form centre for mixed gender aged 11–18 in the town of Bishop Auckland in County Durham in north east England.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Mathematician

A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in his or her work, typically to solve mathematical problems.

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Milky Way

The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System.

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Navigation

Navigation is a field of study that focuses on the process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another.

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Nebula

A nebula (Latin for "cloud" or "fog"; pl. nebulae, nebulæ, or nebulas) is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases.

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Observatory

An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial or celestial events.

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Orrery

An orrery is a mechanical model of the solar system that illustrates or predicts the relative positions and motions of the planets and moons, usually according to the heliocentric model.

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Rothley, Northumberland

Rothley is a small settlement and civil parish in Northumberland, England about north east of Cambo and about west of Morpeth.

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Saturn

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter.

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South Church, County Durham

South Church is a village just south of Bishop Auckland in County Durham, England.

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Speech disorder

Speech disorders or speech impediments are a type of communication disorder where 'normal' speech is disrupted.

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Sunderland

Sunderland is a city at the centre of the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough, in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 10 miles southeast of Newcastle upon Tyne, 12 miles northeast of Durham, 101 miles southeast of Edinburgh, 104 miles north-northeast of Manchester, 77 miles north of Leeds, and 240 miles north-northwest of London.

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Universal Natural History and Theory of Heaven

Universal Natural History and Theory of Heaven (Allgemeine Naturgeschichte und Theorie des Himmels) is a work written and published anonymously by Immanuel Kant in 1755, based on a 1750 work by English astronomer Thomas Wright.

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Wallington Hall

Wallington is a country house and gardens located about west of Morpeth, Northumberland, England, near the village of Cambo.

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Watford

Watford is a town and borough in North West London, England, situated northwest of central London and inside the circumference of the M25 motorway.

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Westerton, County Durham

Westerton is a village in County Durham, England.

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William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex

William Capell, 3rd Earl of Essex, (11 January 16978 January 1743) was an English courtier and diplomat.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wright_(astronomer)

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