Maskelyne
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Maskelyne is the surname of several people:
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- Nevil MaskelyneNevil MaskelyneThe Reverend Dr Nevil Maskelyne FRS was the fifth English Astronomer Royal. He held the office from 1765 to 1811.-Biography:...
(1732–1811), the fifth British Astronomer Royal - Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-MaskelyneNevil Story MaskelyneMervyn Herbert Nevil Story Maskelyne was an English geologist and politician.-Scientific career:Educated at Wadham College, Oxford, Maskelyne taught mineralogy and chemistry at Oxford from 1851, before becoming a professor of mineralogy, 1856-95. He was Keeper of Minerals at the British Museum...
(1823 – 1911) - Nevill Maskelyne SmythNevill Maskelyne SmythMajor General Sir Nevill Maskelyne Smyth, VC, KCB was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Early life:Born the son of Sir Warington Wilkinson Smyth, a noted...
, served in the First World War 1914–18. - The Maskelyne family of magicians:
- John Nevil MaskelyneJohn Nevil MaskelyneJohn Nevil Maskelyne was an English stage magician and inventor of the pay toilet, along with many other Victorian-era devices. His door lock for London toilets required the insertion of a penny coin to operate it, hence the euphemism to "spend a penny".-Biography:Maskelyne was born in Cheltenham,...
(1829–1917), a British stage magician of the 19th century - Nevil Maskelyne (magician)Nevil Maskelyne (magician)Nevil Maskelyne was a British magician and inventor. The son of magician John Nevil Maskelyne, he continued his father's work at the Egyptian Hall in London...
(1863–1924), son of John Nevil - Jasper MaskelyneJasper MaskelyneJasper Maskelyne was a British stage magician in the 1930s and 1940s. He was one of an established family of stage magicians, the son of Nevil Maskelyne and a grandson of John Nevil Maskelyne. He could also trace his ancestry to the royal astronomer Nevil Maskelyne...
(1902–1973), a British stage magician in the 1930s and 1940s, son of Nevil
- John Nevil Maskelyne
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- MaskelyneMaskelyne (crater)Maskelyne is a solitary lunar crater that lies in the southeast part of the Mare Tranquillitatis. The outer rim has a somewhat polygonal shape, although it is generally circular...
, a solitary lunar crater - Maskelynes Islands, in Vanuatu and the
- Maskelynes language