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William Henry Stanley Monk

''' After an early education at Kilkenny college, he attended Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. In 1878 he became appointed as Professor of Moral Philosophy and remained in that position until 1892. On August 28, 1892, he became the first person to measure starlight electrically. (Hearnshaw, J. B. (August 4–7, 1992).

For many years he served as Chief Registrar for the Bankruptcy Division of the High Court of Ireland. He wrote several works about logic, metaphysics, and astronomy, and was the author of a collection of articles in Popular Astronomy which.[2] He was also a founder member of the British Astronomical Association, and whose body he served (an obituary of him appears in its Journal). He was apparently descended from Lord Monck, the Duke of Albemarle, who although a Parliamentarian during the English Civil Wars, was instrumental in the placing of Charles II as King of England in 1660. (Hearnshaw, J. B. (August 4–7, 1992). "He was survived for a few months by his wife The at Trinity College, Dublin is named after him.  Hearnshaw, J. B. ("Monck, William Henry Stanley", 2018)

He was also a founder member of the British Astronomical Association, and whose body he served (an obituary of him appears in its Journal). He was apparently descended from Lord Monck, the Duke of Albermarle, who although a Parliamentarian during the English Civil Wars, was instrumental in the placing of Charles II as King of England in 1660. (August 4–7, 1992)

Bibliography

. (Hearnshaw, J. B. (August 4–7, 1992).

(The First Fifty Years". In Butler, C.J.; Elliott, I. Stellar photometry - Current techniques and future developments, Proceedings of the IAU Colloquium No. 136. Dublin, Ireland).

Monck, William Henry Stanley. (2018). Retrieved from http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/life-society/science-technology/irish-scientists/william-henry-stanley-mon/


 * An Introduction to the Critical Philosophy. Intended for the Use of Students (1874)