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| was | Astronomer | |
| Work field | Science | |
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| Birth | 22 April 1840 | |
| Death | 30 September 1937 (aged 97 years) | |
| Star sign | Taurus |
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Richard Inwards (22 April 1840, Houghton Regis – 30 September 1937) was a mining engineer, an astronomer and a meteorologist.
Inwards managed the San Baldomero mine in Bolivia for Evans and Askin and then a mine in Spain for the Manganese Company. He reported on mines and mining projects in South America, Mexico, Norway, Austria, Spain, Portugal and England. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1861 and a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society in 1862. He served as president of the Royal Meteorological Society in 1894 and 1895.
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