John Bevis

John Bevis (November 10, 1695 – November 6, 1771) was an English doctor and astronomer. He is best known for discovering the Crab Nebula in 1731.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Bevis was born in Old Sarum, Wiltshire. From observations made with his telescope at Stoke Newington, Middlesex he compiled a star catalogue (more of an atlas) entitled Uranographia Britannica around 1750.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

November 10: November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining....

November 6: November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining....

1771: 1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar)....

John Bevis related Images and Photos (experimental)

Dr. John: Mercernary	Dr. John: Mercernary	John 3:16	John Q (BD)
John Q (DVD) (WS)	John F. Kennedy (Paperback)	John Woo	John Cena
John Thaw	John Hurt	John Cena	John Hurt

~ Table of Content ~

►	Introduction

~ Related Subjects ~

November 6 (2) - Leap year (2) - November 10 (2) - Gregorian Calendar (2) - Wiltshire (1) - Old Sarum (1) - Stoke Newington (1) - 1750 (1) - Middlesex (1) - English (1) - 1771 (1) - 1695 (1) - Doctor (1) - 1731 (1) - Crab Nebula (1) -

~ Community ~

►	History Forum Come and discuss about History, Civilizations, Historical Events and Figures
►	History Web-Ring A community of sites, blogs and forums dedicated to History. Do not hesitate to submit your site.