Richard Christopher Carrington, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRichard Christopher Carrington
British astronomer
Date of Birth: 26-May-1826
Place of Birth: Chelsea, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 27-Nov-1875
Profession: astronomer
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Richard Christopher Carrington
- Richard Christopher Carrington (26 May 1826 – 27 November 1875) was an English amateur astronomer whose 1859 astronomical observations demonstrated the existence of solar flares as well as suggesting their electrical influence upon the Earth and its aurorae; and whose 1863 records of sunspot observations revealed the differential rotation of the Sun.
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