# James Carpenter

> James Carpenter (1840-1899) was a British astronomer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.
During the 1860s he performed the first observations of stellar spectra at the observatory, under the direction of the Astronomer Royal George Airy. In 1861-62 he was one of three astronomers to successfully observe the dark underside of the rings of Saturn, the other two astronomers being William Wray and Otto Struve.

*British astronomer (1840-1899)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1840
- **Died:** 1899-10-17
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

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