FRANCIS BAILY
\fɹˈansɪs bˈe͡ɪli], \fɹˈansɪs bˈeɪli], \f_ɹ_ˈa_n_s_ɪ_s b_ˈeɪ_l_i]\
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An English astronomer; born at Newbury, Berkshire, April 28, 1774; died in London, Aug. 30, 1844. He reformed the "Nautical Almanac", and was the author of the "Astronomical Society's Catalogue of Stars". He wrote also a "Life of Flamsteed" (1835); "Journal of a Tour in Unsettled Parts of North America" (1856, edited by De Morgan); etc.
By Charles Dudley Warner
