William Radcliffe Birt (1804–1881) was an English amateur astronomer in the 19th cenBirt 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.

The lunar crater Birt is named after him.

[edit] Further reading

• Forbes, Eric (1970–80). "Birt, William Radcliff". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 147. ISBN 0684101149. 

• Obituary in MNRAS, (1882), v. 42, p.142-144.

[edit] External links

• Vladimir Jankovic, 'John Herschel's and William Radcliffe Birt's research on atmospheric waves'
• Scientists Collection
• Works by William Radcliffe Birt at Project Gutenberg

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