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John Michell

John Michell (/ˈmɪtʃəl/; 25 December 1724 – 21 April 1793) was an English natural philosopher and clergyman who provided pioneering insights into a wide range of scientific fields including astronomy, geology, optics, and gravitation. He was the first to have proposed the existence of stellar bodies comparable to black holes, and was the first to apply…

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Known for
Predicting the existence of black holes, seismology, manufacture of magnets, mass of the Earth
Alma mater
Queens' College, Cambridge
Born
(1724-12-25)25 December 1724 Eakring, Nottinghamshire, England
Died
21 April 1793(1793-04-21) (aged 68) Thornhill, Yorkshire, England
Fields
Physics, geology

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Born · 1
John Michell → (1724-12-25)25 December 1724 Eakring, Nottinghamshire, England
Died · 1
John Michell → 21 April 1793(1793-04-21) (aged 68) Thornhill, Yorkshire, England
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