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John Goodricke
English astronomer (1764–1786)
For other people named John Goodricke, see John Goodricke (disambiguation).
John GoodrickeFRS (17 September 1764 – 20 April 1786) was an English amateur astronomer.
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He is best known for his observations of the variable starAlgol (Beta Persei) in 1782.
Life and work
John Goodricke, named after his great-grandfather Sir John Goodricke 1617–1670 (see Goodricke baronets of Ribston Hall), was born in Groningen in the Netherlands, but lived most of his life in England.
He became deaf in early childhood due to a severe illness.[1] His parents sent him to Thomas Braidwood's Academy, a school for deaf pupils in Edinburgh, and in 1778 to the Warrington Academy.
After leaving Warrington, Goodricke returned to live with his parents in York.
There, he became friends with his neighbour Edward Pigott, whose father Nathaniel Pigott had built a sophisticated private observatory. Edward was already interested in variable stars, and