JOHN RUSSELL HIND
\d͡ʒˈɒn ɹˈʌsə͡l hˈa͡ɪnd], \dʒˈɒn ɹˈʌsəl hˈaɪnd], \dʒ_ˈɒ_n ɹ_ˈʌ_s_əl h_ˈaɪ_n_d]\
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An English astronomer; born in Nottingham, May 12, 1823; died in Twickenham, Dec. 23, 1895. He became a Fellow of the Astronomical Society in 1843, and received three medals from the Academy of Sciences at Paris for the discovery of asteroids. His most important works are: "The Solar System" (1846); "Astronomical Vocabulary" (1852); "Comcts" (1852); "Illustrated London Astronomy" (1853).
By Charles Dudley Warner
