John Goodricke FRS
(1764-1786)
Commemorated on 2 plaques
From a window in Treasurer's House near this tablet, the young deaf and dumb astronomer John Goodricke 1764 - 1786 who was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society at the age of 21, observed the periodicity of the star ALGOL and discovered the variation of δ CEPHEI and other stars thus laying the foundation of modern measurement of the Universe.
Minster Yard, York, United Kingdom where they observed the periodicity of the star ALGOL and discovered the variation of δ CEPHEI
From Treasurer's House, the deaf astronomer John Goodricke FRS 1764 - 1786 observed variable stars including ALGOL and δCEPHEI making possible the modern measurement of the Universe
Minster Yard, York, United Kingdom where they worked