Dr Harold Whichello: medicine and astronomy in Cheshire

Dr Harold Whichello (1870-1945) was a Cheshire general practitioner and an enthusiastic amateur astronomer. He joined the BAA in 1898 and undertook observations for its Lunar, Solar and Variable Star Sections using a 6-inch Wray refractor. He also contributed lunar occultation predictions and comet ephemerides to the Computing Section.

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