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Richard Sheepshanks
(1794-1855)
NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Sheepshanks, R. (Richard), 1794-1855
NRA:    Sheepshanks, Richard (1794-1855), astronomer
DNB:    Sheepshanks, Richard (1794–1855), astronomer
LBT ID: RiSheep1855    VIAF ID: 18004331    LOC ID: no89015007		B/BAP:   1794-07-30
DIED:   1855-08-04
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he took orders and was called to the bar but retained his Cambridge fellowship while he pursued a career as an astronomer.
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