Solstice Dinner

Guest Speaker

Thursday, 23rd June 2016 (19:30 - 23:00)

Venue:

MEMBERS & INVITED GUESTS ONLY.

The title and subject of Allan Chapman's talk this evening is "The Sun in his Meridian did stand". A history of Solar Astronomy.

Speaker: Dr Allan Chapman

Allan Chapman is a historian by training and his special interests are astronomy and scientific biography, for most of his career he has been based at Wadham College (University of Oxford ).

He is an accomplished author and public speaker and has made many television appearances, presenting Gods in the Sky and Great Scientists and as a guest on The Sky at Night.

Allan is also Honorary President and Patron of the Mexborough & Swinton Astronomical Society.

Learn more about Dr Allan Chapman