Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society

Rao et al. super(1) mention that A. V. Nursing Row was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1870. They go on to claim that 'he was the first Indian to be elected Fellow and not Ragoonatha Chary as earlier mentioned by Rao et al. super(2)'. This is some improvement, but not...

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Published in:Current science (Bangalore) 2012-04, Vol.102 (7), p.956-956
Main Author: Kochhar, Rajesh
Format: Article
Language:English
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Astronomy
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Summary:Rao et al. super(1) mention that A. V. Nursing Row was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1870. They go on to claim that 'he was the first Indian to be elected Fellow and not Ragoonatha Chary as earlier mentioned by Rao et al. super(2)'. This is some improvement, but not enough. It is a matter of public record that the first Indian to be elected Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society was Radhanath Sickdhar (his spellings), in 1853.
ISSN:0011-3891