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Margaret Clive, Baroness Clive (née Maskelyne; 26 October 1735 – 28 December 1817) was a British society figure. She went out to India to meet an admirer and married a military hero. She was in Bengal as their family became incredibly wealthy.
13 de ago. de 2020 · The Week. Peggy, the other Clive. Lady Clive’s keen sense of humour, love for music was overshadowed by her husband. By Mandira Nayar Issue Date: August 23, 2020 Updated: August 13, 2020 17:48 IST. A woman of her own: A portrait of Margaret Clive by Nathaniel Dance | ALAMY.
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- Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal
- The Nautical Almanac
- Weighing The World
- The Mathematicians' Revolt
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Born in London in 1732, Nevil Maskelyne's interest in astronomy began shortly after the eclipse of 25 July 1748 while he was a pupil at Westminster School. The following year he entered St Catharine's College, Cambridge to study maths, graduating in 1754. He was ordained a minister in 1755, became a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1756, and...
Nonetheless, the Royal Warrant of Appointment was signed by Lord Sandwich on Friday 8 February 1765, which directed Maskelyne “forthwith to apply yourself with the most exact Care and Diligence to the rectifying of the Tables of the Motions of the Heavens, and the Places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the so much desired Longitude at Sea for...
Maskelyne attended his first meeting of the Board of Longitude as Astronomer Royal on the day following his appointment. There he proposed what was to become his major contribution to astrometry, navigation and land surveying: The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris. With its associated Tables Requisite it was designed to facilitate the det...
In 1772, one year after his return from Tahiti, Cook embarked on a second voyage of discovery with two ships, the Resolution and the Adventure, two astronomers, a suite of four chronometers and an array of astrometric instruments. Maskelyne had proposed the navigational science objective of the voyage: a trial of the clock method of longitude deter...
In Maskelyne's time the Royal Society reflected the politics of the 18th century in its membership and attitudes. In 1778, as Whig influence was declining nationally, Joseph Banks succeeded Sir John Pringle as president. Pringle had been George III's personal physician, famously said to have lost both his royal position and the society presidency a...
Nevil Maskelyne was a meticulous and methodical scientist who made important and lasting contributions to astronomy and navigational science by applying and extending the work of others. Said to be mild-mannered and genial to his peers, he was also something of a bon viveur, judging from several of his expeditionary and household food and liquor bu...
- Paul Edwards
- 2015
19 Nov 1761. Language of Material. English. Physical Description. 4 folios. Scope and Content. Dated at Chitpour, thanking her for gifts, communicating gossip from the Presidency and enclosing a letter from Mrs Law (probably Mss Eur G37/29/4 f.23). Access Information. Unrestricted. Not Public Record (s)
Clive helped his own cause in India by linking his fortunes with the Maskelynes, an English family of some note. He first befriended Edmund Maskelyne, and then married Edmund's charming young sister Margaret on the eve of his return in I 753. The Maskelynes were an intellectual family whose
Sommaire. masquer. Début. Biographie. Famille. Références. Liens externes. Margaret Clive. modifier - modifier le code - modifier Wikidata. Margaret Clive, baronne Clive, ( née Maskelyne ; 26 octobre 1735 - 28 décembre 1817) est une figure de la société britannique. Elle part en Inde pour rencontrer un admirateur et épouse un héros militaire.
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