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John Michell (/ ˈ m ɪ tʃ əl /; 25 December 1724 – 21 April 1793) was an English natural philosopher and clergyman who provided pioneering insights into a wide range of scientific fields including astronomy, geology, optics, and gravitation.
John Michell (born 1724, Nottinghamshire, England—died April 21, 1793, Thornhill, Yorkshire) was a British geologist and astronomer who is considered one of the fathers of seismology, the science of earthquakes.
9 hours ago · Rector John Michell, who followed "Newtonian Christianity", was surprisingly prescient about black holes (Credit: Illustration by Ben Platts-Mills) Michell was born in 1724 in the village of ...
John Michell was a polymath: the first person in history to suggest black holes could exist; the first to suggest that earthquakes are caused by movements of rocks miles below the earth’s surface; and the first to suggest that the force between two magnets is governed by an inverse square law.
This astonishing idea was first announced in 1783 by John Michell, an English country parson. Although he was one of the most brilliant and original scientists of his time, Michell remains virtually unknown today, in part because he did little to develop and promote his own path-breaking ideas.
The world of today has almost forgotten John Michell, but no more bold and original thinker ever devoted himself to the study of the earth or the heavens.
John Michell. 1724?-1793. British geologist and astronomer who theorized about the origin of earthquakes, estimated the velocity of seismic waves in Earth's crust, and proposed various methods for determining earthquake epicenters (1760).
John Michell. (1724—1793) astronomer. Quick Reference. (?1724–93) An astronomer and experimental philosopher from Cambridge, Michell made the first scientific investigations of seismic waves. He studied earthquake phenomena, especially the Lisbon earthquake of 1755.
Jun 27, 2018 · Michell, John (?1724–93) An astronomer and experimental philosopher from Cambridge, Michell made the first scientific investigations of seismic waves. He studied earthquake phenomena, especially the Lisbon earthquake of 1755.
Reverend John Michell demonstrated the existence of binary stars and physical star clusters, predicted the existence of black holes, and made the first realistic estimate of the distance to a star, all major intellectual achievements for an 18th‐century English scientist – clergyman.
