Nationality British | Name Frank Bellamy | |
Born 17 October 1863 Oxford, United Kingdom Died February 15, 1936(1936-02-15) (aged 72)
Oxford, United Kingdom | ||
Frank Arthur Bellamy (17 October 1863 – 15 February 1936) was a British astronomer worked on Astrographic Catalogue with his niece, Ethel Bellamy.
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Bellamy was born in Oxford in 1863. Bellamy became a British astronomer who worked on Astrographic Catalogue with his niece, Ethel Bellamy. Together they catalogued over 1,000,000 stars using photographic techniques. He became a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Bellamy was the founding Secretary and Treasurer of the Oxford Philatelic Society, which was founded in 1890. For much of the time until his death, he remained in those two posts.
Bellamy died in Oxford at his home in 1936 after falling out with his colleague H.H.Plaskett. Despite his long partnership with his niece left a valuable collection to Cambridge University. This was judged to be him placing his heritage to society higher than that to his family. His niece's finances were helped when Cambridge University refused Bellamy's bequest so that it could be sold.