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George Bishop (Leicester, 21 August 1785 – 14 June 1861), was a noted English astronomer of the nineteenth century.〔 L’Astronomia Pratique, André et Rayat, i. 95 〕〔 Ann. Reg. ciii. 402 〕 == Early life and fortune == At the age of eighteen Bishop entered a British wine-making business in London, subsequently becoming its proprietor, during his tenure as which the business was so successful that its excise returns were said to exhibit half of all home-made wines as of his manufacture. Bishop's scientific career began with his admission to the Royal Astronomical Society in 1830, funded by the money he had earned from the wine business. He took lessons in algebra from Augustus De Morgan, with a view to reading Pierre-Simon Laplace's five volume work ''Mécanique Céleste'' (Celestial Mechanics), by the age of fifty achieving his goal of sufficient mathematical knowledge to comprehend the scope of its methods. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Bishop (astronomer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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