Richard Anthony Proctor
✓ Source-basedfallingEnglish astronomer (1837-1888)
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Richard Anthony Proctor FRAS was an English astronomer. He is best remembered for having produced one of the earliest maps of Mars in 1867 from 27 drawings by the English observer William Rutter Dawes. His map was later superseded by those of Giovanni Schiaparelli and Eugène Antoniadi and his nomenclature was dropped.
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Lived 1837 to 1888 · aged 51
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