Portrait of john goodricke (1764-1786), the astronomer who famously studied the variable star algol and other variable stars. The picture is said, by a goodricke descendant, to have been painted in 1785 by james scouler. See c. A. Goodricke's letter at monthly notices of the royal astronomical society, 1912, volume 73(11), pages 3 – 4. Object Type: painting. Date: 1785 or 1786. Medium: painting. Collection: Unidentified location.
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