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2 unusual facts about John Dobson


Blenkinsop Castle

By 1832 the property was in disuse, and a mine agent's house was built adjoining the ruinous structure, probably by the architect John Dobson.

Haughton Castle

Significant alterations were carried out for the Smiths between 1816 and 1845, latterly by architect John Dobson to convert the ruin into a substantial mansion.


Pauline, Lady Trevelyan

On her first visit to her husband's family at Wallington, she was inspired by Richard Grainger and John Dobson's redevelopment of nearby Newcastle.


see also

Dobsonian telescope

John Dobson, How and Why to Make a User-Friendly Sidewalk Telescope edited by Norman Sperling ISBN 0-913399-64-7 The book treats the "why" as importantly as the "how", sharing Dobson's philosophy on the importance of popular access to astronomy for proper appreciation of the universe.

Sidewalk astronomy

A Sidewalk Astronomer - a documentary about John Dobson's activities including sidewalk astronomy

Thomas Pierce

Daniel Whitby, Meric Casaubon in 1665, and John Dobson defended Pierce, who himself retorted in 'A Specimen of Mr. Cressy's Misadventures,' which was prefixed to John Sherman's Infallibility of the Holy Scriptures.