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Samuel Molyneux
Samuel Molyneux FRS (16 July 1689 – 13 April 1728), son of William Molyneux, was an 18th-century member of the British parliament from Kew and an amateur astronomer whose work with James Bradley attempting to measure stellar parallax led to the discovery of the aberration of light. The aberration was the first definite evidence that the earth moved and that Copernicus and Kepler were correct.〔Science and Its Times via(【引用サイトリンク】title=William Molyneux Summary )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Samuel Molyneux )〕 In addition to his astronomical works, Molyneux wrote about the natural history and other features of Ireland.〔
==Life==
Molyneux was born in Chester, England in 1689 and died in Kew in 1728. He was the second son of William Molyneux, who was known for his work related to optics. His mother was Lucy Domville, daughter of Sir William Domville, the Irish Attorney General. Molyneux studied at Trinity College, Dublin, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1708 and a Master of Arts (MA) in 1710. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712. and served as a member of the Parliament in 1715, 1726, 1727 and Ireland 1727, and as Lord of the Admiralty from 1727–1728.
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