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Stephen Charles Triboudet Demainbray, Esq. of Richmond (
1710-
1782), was an English
natural scientist and
astronomer, who served during
1768-
1782 as Superintendent of the King's Observatory (or King's
Astronomer) at the
Kew Observatory.
Life and work
Stephen Charles Triboudet Demainbray was born in the parish of St. Martins, London in
1710.
His father had come to
England from
France, following the revocation of the
edict of Nantes, but died soon after the birth of his son, who was brought up by his uncle, who placed him at Westminster School. There he studied under
Dr. Desaguliers, who taught him
mathematics and
natural philosophy. After that he went to the
Leiden University.
In
1727 he married; his wife died in
1750.
In the year
1740, he began lecturing in experimental philosophy in
Edinburgh, until
1742, and the
1745 Jacobite rising brought him to take arms for the government for four years, and he was a volunteer at the
battle of Preston-pans.
In
1746 he resumed his lectures, and worked on the influence of electricity on vegetables.
In
1749, he began traveling throughout Britain and Europe, lecturing in
Dublin and
Paris.
In
1753, he was invited to
London by the Prince of Wales, later
George III, and the
Duke of York, on his return to England he married his second wife.
In
1755 he read a public course of lectures in the concert-room in Panton-street, and after gave private courses to members of the royal family, including the future King George III.
In
1768, he was appointed Superintendent of the King's Observatory (or King's
Astronomer) at the
Kew Observatory, in Richmond, which King
George II had commissioned from
Sir William Chambers. He arranged for George III to see the
transit of Venus on
June 3,
1769.
Stephen Charles Triboudet Demainbray held that appointment until his death on
February 20,
1782.
His instruments were combined with the King's collection and given to the
King's College London and then, in
1927 to the
Science Museum.
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