William Radcliffe Birt

William Radcliffe Birt (1804 — 1881) was an English amateur astronomer in the 19th century. His name is used for the Birt crater, a minor crater on the Moon. Birt worked extensively with John Herschel, carrying out a great deal of meteorogical research on atmospheric waves, from 1843 to 1850. A lot of his work is held in the Scientist's Collection at the American Philosophical Society.

Further reading

* DSB
first=Eric
last=Forbes
title=Birt, William Radcliff
volume=2
pages=147

* [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1882MNRAS..42..142B Obituary] in MNRAS, (1882), v. 42, p.142-144.

External links

* [http://www.uky.edu/~vjankov/bjhs.html Vladimir Jankovic, 'John Herschel's and William Radcliffe Birt's research on atmospheric waves']
* [http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/mole/s/scientists.htm Scientists Collection]
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