David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

“ Politics have not extinguished the deep interest I once took in those higher studies and pursuits to which the life of Bradley was devoted; and I shall turn with the utmost satisfaction from Schedules A and B to the Parallax of the Fixed Stars and the Reformation of the Calendar. Believe me, my dear sir, ever most truly yours, Robert Peel.
S. P. Rigaud, Esq.”⁠ To this volume Professor Rigaud, in 1833, added a supplement on the astronomical papers of Thomas Harriot. In 1838 he published some valuable notices of the first publication of Newton’s Principia. ”

“ He had a peculiar delight in tracing the history of an invention, or illustrating the biography of those who, however eminent in their day, were in after ages known to have lived, flourished for a time, and died. ”

“ Rigaud, died in June 1807. The son of the Richmond Astronomical Observer brought an extensive and deserved renown upon his name. Stephen Peter Rigaud was born in 1775, and matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford, on 15th April 1791; he become B.A. in 1797, M.A. 21st November 1799. So brilliant was his University career, that he was elected a Fellow of his College before he was of sufficient standing for a degree. His whole life was spent in Oxford. In 1810 he became Savilian Professor of Geometry, which he relinquished in 1827 for the Savilian Professorship of Astronomy. ”