Thomas Wright
British astronomer
Died when: 74 years 156 days (893 months)Star Sign: Libra
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Thomas Wright (22 September 1711 – 25 February 1786) was an English astronomer, mathematician, instrument maker, architect and garden designer. He was the first to describe the shape of the Milky Way and to speculate that faint nebulæ were distant galaxies.
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