| 词条 | George Shuckburgh-Evelyn |
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LifeGeorge Shuckburgh was born on 23 August 1751, the son of Richard Shuckburgh of Limerick. He was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford, from which he earned a bachelor's degree in 1772.[1] He became a baronet in 1773, on the death of his uncle, and (after returning from his postgraduate travels to Europe) moved to Shuckburgh Hall, the family estate in Shuckburgh, Warwickshire. He served in the House of Commons as a Member of Parliament for Warwickshire from 1780 until his death in 1804.[1] In 1782, he was married to Sarah Johanna Darker, daughter of John Darker. His second marriage on 6 October 1785 was to Julia Annabella Evelyn, the daughter of James Evelyn of Felbridge; when his father-in-law died in 1793, Shuckburgh added Evelyn to his own surname.[2] Their daughter, Julia Evelyn Medley Shuckburgh, married Charles Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool.[1] Shuckburgh died on 11 August 1804 in Shuckburgh, Warwickshire.[1] Scientific contributionsHe made a series of astronomical observations and an ephemeris, which he published in twelve volumes between 1774 and 1797. In 1791 the Shuckburgh telescope was installed at his private observatory in Warwickshire, England.[3][4] Included among his observations were measurements of lunar surface features. The crater Shuckburgh on the Moon is named after him. Shuckburgh also contributed to metrology. He performed a series of observations on the change in the boiling point of water at different pressures, and pointed out the need for controlling for this effect when calibrating thermometers.[5] The Shuckburgh scale was a standard brass yard constructed for him by Edward Troughton, whose company later made the Victorian standard yard of 1855; the Shuckburgh scale was used by George Biddell Airy in his measurements of the earth's shape, and in setting standards for many years by the British government.[6][7] In statistics, Shuckburgh was a pioneer in the collation of price indexes.[8] He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1774.[1] In 1798, he was co-winner of the Copley Medal, the highest award of the Society.[9] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{DNB|prescript=|wstitle=Shuckburgh-Evelyn, George Augustus William}} {{s-start}}{{s-par|gb}}{{succession box2. ^[https://deedpolloffice.com/research/private-acts-parliament/1794-34-Geo-3-45 Deed Poll Office: Private Act of Parliament 1794 (34 Geo. 3). c. 45] 3. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-8B1LYGML44C&pg=PA135|pages=135–137|title=Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800): London's Leading Scientific Instrument Maker|series=Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945|contribution=Sir George Shuckburgh's Observatory|first=Anita|last=McConnell|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|date=2007|isbn=9780754661368}} 4. ^{{cite journal| last = Hingley| first = Peter D. | author-link = | title = The Shuckburghs of Shuckburgh, Isaac Fletcher, and the History of the English Mounting | journal = The Antiquarian Astronomer| volume = 7 | pages = 17–40| publisher = Society for the History of Astronomy| date = 2013 | bibcode = 2013AntAs...7...17H| url = http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2013AntAs...7...17H| accessdate = 17 February 2016}} 5. ^{{cite journal|title=Sir George Shuckburgh Evelyn (1751–1804): precision in thermometry|first=John|last=Pearn|doi=10.1258/jmb.2011.011005|journal=Journal of Medical Biography|date=2012|volume=20|issue=1|pages=42–46}} 6. ^{{cite book|title=Revolution in Measurement: Western European Weights and Measures Since the Age of Science|volume=186|series=Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society|first=Ronald Edward|last=Zupko|publisher=American Philosophical Society|date=1990|isbn=9780871691866|page=75|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uYCNFkRgXCoC&pg=PA75}}. 7. ^{{cite journal|title=The Shuckburgh scale|last=Pfeifer|first=Ludvik|journal=Survey Review|volume=36|issue=280|date=2001|pages=101–109|doi=10.1179/003962601791483623}} 8. ^{{cite journal|title=Studies in the History of Probability and Statistics, XXI. The Early History of Index Numbers|first=M. G.|last=Kendall|journal=Revue de l'Institut International de Statistique / Review of the International Statistical Institute|volume=37|issue=1|date=1969|pages=1–12|jstor=1402090}} 9. ^{{cite book|title=Report on the adjudication of the Copley, Rumford, and royal medals: and appointment of the Bakerian, Croonian, and Fairchild lectures|publisher=R. Taylor for the Royal Society|date=1834|editor-first=James|editor-last=Hudson|page=18|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bMsaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA18}} | title = Member of Parliament for Warwickshire | years = 1780–1801 | with = Sir Robert Lawley 1780–93 | with2 = Sir John Mordaunt 1793–1801 | before=Sir Thomas Skipwith Sir Charles Holte | after = Parliament of the United Kingdom }}{{s-par|uk}}{{succession box | title = Member of Parliament for Warwickshire | years = 1801–1804 | with = Sir John Mordaunt 1801–02 | with2 = Dugdale Stratford Dugdale 1802–04 | before=Parliament of Great Britain | after = Dugdale Stratford Dugdale Sir Charles Mordaunt }}{{s-reg|en-bt}}{{succession box | title=Baronet (of Shuckburgh) | years=1773–1804 | before= Charles Shuckburgh | after=Stewkley Shuckburgh}}{{s-end}}{{Copley Medallists 1751-1800}}{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2012}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Shuckburgh-Evelyn, George, 6th Baronet}} 20 : 1751 births|1804 deaths|People from Limerick (city)|People educated at Rugby School|Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford|Baronets in the Baronetage of England|English astronomers|English mathematicians|Recipients of the Copley Medal|Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies|British MPs 1780–84|British MPs 1784–90|British MPs 1790–96|British MPs 1796–1800|Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies|UK MPs 1801–02|UK MPs 1802–06|18th-century English people|19th-century English people|Fellows of the Royal Society |
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