Sir William Lower (1570 – 12 April 1615) was an English astronomer from the early telescopic period, and a Member of Parliament.
4-443: William Lower may refer to: Sir William Lower (astronomer) , English astronomer and MP Sir William Lower (dramatist) , English dramatist and translator William Lower (cyclist) , British cyclist [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
8-420: A number of careful measurements which he communicated to Thomas Harriot , by which it was determined that the comet was following a curved course. Lower suggested that the comet's orbit obeyed Kepler's laws (instead of being an atmospheric phenomenon or following a rectilinear path, as was generally thought at the time). Using a telescope that had been provided by Harriot, Lower made a number of observations of
12-666: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Lower&oldid=1056135233 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages William Lower (astronomer) He was born in Cornwall, and after studying at Exeter College, Oxford , he married and settled in South-west Wales. In 1607, he observed Halley's comet and took
16-415: The moon , and noted that its surface appeared irregular and "like a tart that my cooke made me last weeke". Similar observations were published by Galileo a few weeks later. Lower represented Bodmin in the 1601 parliament, and Lostwithiel from 1604 to 1611. He was knighted in 1603. Lower married Penelope Perrot, the daughter of Sir Thomas Perrot and Dorothy Devereux , by whom he had three sons and
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