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Henry Kater

(1777-1835), Scientist

Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 4 portraits
Inventor of Kater's Pendulum, an instrument which enabled the strength of gravity to be determined. Intended for the law, he was articled as an attorney's clerk but abandoned this path on his father's death in 1795. Instead he entered the army, with a commission in a regiment in India. Here he spent several years assisting William Lambton in the Great Trigonometric Survey. Having returned to England, he became increasingly interested in scientific research. He retired from the army in 1814, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He made numerous practical contributions to the science of his day, winning the Copley Medal in 1817 and the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1831.

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Henry Kater, by George Richmond - NPG 2165Henry Kater
by George Richmond
NPG 2165
Men of Science Living in 1807-8, by Sir John Gilbert, and Frederick John Skill, and William Walker, and Elizabeth Walker (née Reynolds) - NPG 1075Men of Science Living in 1807-8
by Sir John Gilbert, and Frederick John Skill, and William Walker, and Elizabeth Walker (née Reynolds)
NPG 1075
Engraving after 'Men of Science Living in 1807-8', by George Zobel, and William Walker - NPG 1075aEngraving after 'Men of Science Living in 1807-8'
by George Zobel, and William Walker
NPG 1075a
Key to engraving after 'Men of Science Living in 1807-8', by William Walker - NPG 1075bKey to engraving after 'Men of Science Living in 1807-8'
by William Walker
NPG 1075b

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