| Date of Birth | 26-May-1826 | |
| Place of Birth |
Chelsea (London, United Kingdom, England, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) |
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| Nationality | England | |
| Profession | Astronomer | |
| Richard Christopher Carrington 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. | ||
Awards by Richard Christopher Carrington |
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