On this day in 1804 – January 13th – Scottish astronomer and author John Pringle Nichol was born.
Nichol wrote a number of books on astronomy and was a popular lecturer. When he was made the Regius Professor of Practical Astronomy at the University of Glasgow, he did much to popularize astronomy.
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