John Couch Adams (1819-1892), Astronomer and mathematician
Sitter in 2 portraits
Astronomer and mathematician; discovered the planet Neptune, though his precedence for the discovery was only acknowledged after controversy; President of the Royal Society, 1851, and awarded numerous other distinctions.
by Sir Hubert von Herkomer
oil on canvas, 1888
On display at Lawrence House Museum, Launceston
NPG 1842
by Samuel Cousins, after Thomas Mogford
mezzotint, published 1851
NPG D7168
Science
Groups
Astronomers
Mathematicians
Place
Cornwall
