Edward Sabine
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 140 years ago |
| Date of birth | October 14,1788 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Dublin |
| Ireland | |
| Date of died | June 26,1883 |
| Died | East Sheen |
| London | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Siblings | Joseph Sabine |
| Job | Astronomer |
| Books | An Account of Experiments to Determine the Figure of the Earth: By Means of the Pendulum Vibrating Seconds in Different Latitudes, as Well as on Various Other Subjects of Philosophical Inquiry |
| Report on the Variations of the Magnetic Intensity Observed at Different Points of the Earth's Surface | |
| Commanding Wellington's Horse Artillery: Letters of Colonel Sir Augustus Simon Frazer, K. C. B. Commanding the Royal Horse Artillery in the Peninsular War & Waterloo Campaigns | |
| Observations on Days of Unusual Magnetic Disturbance, Made at the British Colonial Magnetic Observatories, Under the Departments of the Ordnance and Admiralty. Printed by the British Government Under the Superintendence of Lieut. -Colonel Edward Sabine . . ; | |
| Observations Made at the Magnetical and Meteorological Observatory at Toronto in Canada | |
| Cosmos: Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe; Volume 4:1 | |
| Awards | Copley Medal |
| Royal Medal | |
| Royal Society Bakerian Medal | |
| Parents | Joseph Sabine |
| Sarah Hunt | |
| Current partner | Elizabeth Juliana Leeves Sabine |
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| ID | 576052 |
Edward Sabine Life story
Sir Edward Sabine KCB FRS FRSE FRAS was an Irish astronomer, geophysicist, ornithologist, explorer, soldier and the 30th president of the Royal Society. He led the effort to establish a system of magnetic observatories in various parts of British territory all over the globe.
