Edward Sabine

Sir Edward Sabine ( born October 14, 1788 in Dublin, Ireland, † June 26, 1883 in Richmond upon Thames, Surrey ) was an Irish astronomer.

Edward Sabine was the son of Joseph Sabine. His eldest brother was also named Joseph Sabine ( 1770-1837 ). He was chief financial officer and botanist.

Edward Sabine went in 1803 to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich.

Sabine took part in several expeditions, among other things, on the northwest passage expedition in 1818 by John Ross and James Clark Ross and also the Northwest Passage expedition in force ( 1819-1820 ) by William Edward Parry. On one expedition he determined in 1822 at various points of the Atlantic Ocean, the length of the seconds pendulum. He also carried out extensive measurements of the geomagnetic field. In 1852 he discovered the connection between sunspots and variations of the geomagnetic field.

Since 1845 Sabine foreign secretary, treasurer since 1850 and from 1861 to 1871 president of the Royal Society. In addition, he was also from 1868 to 1877 Member of the Commission of Weights and Measures.

Sabine was a founding member of the Athenaeum Club founded in 1823.

Honors

In 1818 he was elected as a member ( "Fellow" ) to the Royal Society, in 1821 the Copley Medal in 1849 and the Royal Medal awarded him. Sabine was 1861-1871 President of the Royal Society. In 1869 he received the Bathorden second class ( Knight Commander). In addition, he was honored on August 17, 1857 the Prussian Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts ..

1819 named his brother, the Sabine's Gull ( Xema sabini ) after him. An island off the east coast of Greenland, on the Sabine 1823 pendulum experiments had run since 1869 Sabine Island is called. 1935, the lunar crater Sabine was named after him.

Swell

• Entry at the Royal Society (English )