Richard Christopher Carrington
English amateur astronomer
Richard Christopher Carrington was an English amateur astronomer whose 1859 astronomical observations demonstrated the existence of solar flares as well as suggesting their electrical influence upon the Earth and its aurorae; and whose 1863... Wikipedia
Born: May 26, 1826, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
Died: November 27, 1875 (age 49 years), Churt, United Kingdom
Awards: Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1859) and Lalande Prize (1864)
Parents: Richard Carrington and Esther Clarke Aplin
Alma mater: Trinity College, Cambridge