Biographie
He was crippled in a shipboard accident in 1849.
He took over a new observatory at Quebec in 1850 with duties of observing star transits and to do the daily time-ball drop.
He married Marcella Percy at Quebec on 28/05/1851.
He published widely on his astronomical research. (He retired in 1866.)
Service militaire
He entered the Royal Navy on 20/03/1830.
He served as Mate of H.M.S. Daphne in 1837.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant RN (With seniority dated 25/05/1842).
He served at H.M.S. Excellent in 1842.
He served in H.M.S. Daphne in 1843 on Pacific Station.
He served as Fifth Lieutenant on board H.M.S. Fisgard on the Pacific Station 1844-47.
He was appointed as a Commander RN on the retired list in 1865.
Lieux nommés
Ashe Head (BC) (Esquimalt Harbour) (by James Wood 1847)
Références
- Walbran, Captain John T. (1909)
- BCELP Geographical Place Names Cards Correspondence To/From BC Chief Geographer
