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He married on 9 August 1832 to Judith May (1800–1869), the daughter of Richard May, a portrait painter. She was the widow of James Hodgetts (d1830), and his step-son James Frederick Hodgetts (1828–1906) lived with them while growing up. Edward prepared him in a scientific career, which did not suit
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1771–1850). His early schooling, in the company of his brothers Henry and Horatio was private and sheltered. His upbringing was austere with little contact with other children or the world outside his home. He later studied at the
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Most of his scientific work involved the analysis and synthesis of the published ideas of others. Brayley worked on the publication of
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Brayley abandoned an early inclination to follow his father's interests for science. He published on diverse topics in several
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him and he joined the Indian Navy and later was a Prof. of seamanship in Berlin and St. Petersburg.
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The Utility of the Knowledge of Nature Considered; with Reference to the General Education of Youth
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In 1834, he became librarian of the London Institution and in 1865 professor of
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and notably worked with him on the publication of Groves's seminal book on the
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The 1850 and 1851 Membership Lists of the British Meteorological Society
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Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature
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(1995). 444: 13: 531:Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae 14: 673: 657:19th-century English male writers 126:, librarian, and science author. 662:19th-century British geographers 647:English male non-fiction writers 106: 550: 528:von Mueller, Ferdinand (1866). 492: 481: 472: 403:British Meteorological Society 390:American Philosophical Society 279:"Hall's condensing apparatus"; 1: 437: 180:at his schools as Hazelwood, 129: 627:Fellows of the Royal Society 488:James Frederick Hodgetts DNB 378:Societas Naturae Scrutatorum 375:Corresponding member of the 7: 622:English non-fiction writers 409:Fellow of the Royal Society 210:London Mechanics' Institute 10: 678: 397:London Electrical Society 304: 258:"Metalliferous deposits"; 105: 100: 90: 79: 68: 52: 33: 23: 565:Brayley, E. W. 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Index

Geographer
FRS
Edward Wedlake Brayley

FRS
geographer
Edward Wedlake Brayley
antiquary
London Institution
Royal Institution
William Thomas Brande
scientific journals
Philosophical Magazine
Rowland Hill
physical sciences
Edgbaston
Bruce Castle
Tottenham
physical geography
Royal Institution
London Mechanics' Institute
Belgrave
Russell
Marylebone Institutions
Meteors
meteorology
Mineralogy
Peat
eclipses
Lord Rosse's telescopes

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