John Brinkley (astronomer)
The Rt. Rev. John Mortimer Brinkley D.D. (ca. 1763?, Woodbridge, Suffolk – 14 September 1835, Dublin) was the first Royal Astronomer of Ireland and later Bishop of Cloyne.
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