Thomas Phelps 1694 - 1776

occupation:
Astronomer
Nationality:
English
born in:
Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

1718- Thomas Phelps was stableman in service of Thomas Parker, Earl of Macclesfield, Lord Chancellor

1742- Taken into Observatory of George Parker, second Earl of Macclesfield

1743- Was first person in England to observe the great comet