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stephen peter rigaud wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 published works 2 death and legacy 3 references toggle the table of contents stephen peter rigaud 7 languages مصرى تۆرکجه español فارسی français português தமிழ் edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikisource wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia english mathematical historian and astronomer stephen peter rigaud born 12 august 1774 died 16 march 1839 aged 64 resting place st james piccadilly london education exeter college oxford the rigaud children by john francis rigaud 1778 ashmolean museum stephen peter rigaud 12 august 1774 16 march 1839 fras 1 was an english mathematical historian and astronomer rigaud was born into a french protestant family 2 his father stephen also known as james stephen rigaud was observer at the kew observatory the painter john francis rigaud who painted a portrait of rigaud aged four and his sister mary anne was not his uncle but other possible connections are unknown he was a fellow of exeter college oxford from 1794 to 1810 held the savilian chair of geometry at the university of oxford from 1810 to 1827 and was savilian professor of astronomy from 1827 to 1839 2 he lived at 21 richmond green in richmond surrey now richmond london from 1815 to 1826 3 he devoted his leisure to research and authorship in the field of scientific biography a well informed friend has said of him he had a peculiar delight in tracing the history of an invention or illustrating the biography of those who however eminent in their day were in after ages known to have lived flourished for a time and died to collect the materials for their lives to throw light upon their habits enumerate their works and do justice to their merits was a principal source of his amusement and his perseverance in seeking for materials was exceeded only by the discrimination and impartiality which accompanied his researches and rendered them of permanent value 4 published works edit historical essay on the first publication of sir isaac newton s principia 1838 an account of some early proposals for steam navigation 1838 defence of the resolution for omitting mr panizzi s bibliographical notes from the catalogue of the royal society 1838 correspondence of scientific men of the seventeenth century including letters of barrow flamsteed wallis and newton printed from the originals in the collection of the honorable the earl of macclesfield 1841 death and legacy edit a memorial to stephen peter rigaud in st james s church piccadilly he died on 16 march 1839 and was buried at st james piccadilly london where a memorial to him lies in the church his eldest son stephen jordan rigaud 1816 1859 was an english clergyman and schoolmaster who became bishop of antigua some of his large book collection concerning astronomy mathematics and physics was purchased by the radcliffe observatory in oxford some of the remaining materials were presented to the bodleian library in 1935 and some were sold at auction 5 this collection at the bodleian contains 840 books the theological classical and miscellaneous portion of his library was sold at auction in london by r h evans on 6 august 1839 and two following days a copy of the catalogue is held at cambridge university library shelfmark munby c 145 11 references edit 1840mnras 5 22 page 22 monthly notices of the royal astronomical society 5 22 1840 bibcode 1840mnras 5 22 retrieved 1 february 2017 1 2 mss rigaud 3 33 33a 34 51 53 7 60 8 riguad papers collection level description savile collection bodleian library university of oxford 9 june 2011 retrieved 13 october 2012 richmond green properties richmond libraries local studies collection local history notes london borough of richmond upon thames retrieved 27 may 2019 agnew david c a 1871 protestant exiles from france in the reign of louis xiv or the huguenot refugees their descendants in great britain ireland vol 3 page 235 retrieved 10 may 2022 via internet archive rare books named collection descriptions bodleian libraries retrieved 8 december 2020 v t e savilian professors chairs established by sir henry savile savilian professors of astronomy john bainbridge 1620 john greaves 1642 seth ward 1649 christopher wren 1661 edward bernard 1673 david gregory 1691 john caswell 1709 john keill 1712 james bradley 1721 thomas hornsby 1763 abraham robertson 1810 stephen rigaud 1827 george johnson 1839 william donkin 1842 charles pritchard 1870 herbert turner 1893 harry plaskett 1932 donald blackwell 1960 george efstathiou 1994 joseph silk 1999 steven balbus 2012 savilian professors of geometry henry briggs 1619 peter turner 1631 john wallis 1649 edmond halley 1704 nathaniel bliss 1742 joseph betts 1765 john smith 1766 abraham robertson 1797 stephen rigaud 1810 baden powell 1827 henry john stephen smith 1861 james joseph sylvester 1883 william esson 1897 godfrey harold hardy 1919 edward charles titchmarsh 1931 michael atiyah 1963 ioan james 1969 richard taylor 1995 nigel hitchin 1997 frances kirwan 2017 university of oxford portal authority control databases international isni viaf gnd fast worldcat national united states netherlands norway israel belgium academics cinii people trove deutsche biographie ddb other idref open library snac yale lux retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title stephen_peter_rigaud oldid 1372622088 categories 1774 births 1839 deaths burials at st james s church piccadilly 19th century english astronomers english people of french descent fellows of exeter college oxford fellows of the royal astronomical society richmond london savilian professors of astronomy savilian professors of geometry 19th century english historians 19th century english male non fiction writers hidden categories articles with short description short description matches wikidata use dmy dates from july 2026 use british english from july 2016 all wikipedia articles written in british english articles with hcards this page was last edited on 1 september 2026 at 14 12 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc a non profit organization privacy 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