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Herbert Hall Turner (August 13 1861 – August 20 1930) was a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 astronomer
Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist who studies Celestial body such as planets, stars, and Galaxy.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using physical laws....
 and seismologist. He was educated at Clifton College
Clifton College

Clifton College is a coeducational Public school in Clifton, Bristol, England. It was founded in 1862....
. He went onto a glittering acdemic career and won many honours. He was Foundation Scholar of Trinity College Cambridge ; 1st Class Math, with Exhibition, and 1st Class Physics, with Amott Exhibition and Medal, London University, 1880; Mathematical Scholarship and 1st Class Experimental Physics, London University, 1882 ; 2nd Wrangler and Sheepshanks Astronomical Exhibitioner, Cambridge, 1882 ; 1st Class Math.






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Herbert Hall Turner (August 13 1861 – August 20 1930) was a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 astronomer
Astronomer

An astronomer is a scientist who studies Celestial body such as planets, stars, and Galaxy.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using physical laws....
 and seismologist. He was educated at Clifton College
Clifton College

Clifton College is a coeducational Public school in Clifton, Bristol, England. It was founded in 1862....
. He went onto a glittering acdemic career and won many honours. He was Foundation Scholar of Trinity College Cambridge ; 1st Class Math, with Exhibition, and 1st Class Physics, with Amott Exhibition and Medal, London University, 1880; Mathematical Scholarship and 1st Class Experimental Physics, London University, 1882 ; 2nd Wrangler and Sheepshanks Astronomical Exhibitioner, Cambridge, 1882 ; 1st Class Math. Tripos, 3rd part, and 2nd Smith's Prize; Fellow of Trinity. F.R.A.S. ; Chief Assistant at Greenwich Observatory. He was one of the observers in the Eclipse Expeditions of 1886 and 1887.

In seismology
Seismology

Seismology is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of Linear elasticity#Elastic waves through the Earth. The field also includes studies of earthquake effects, such as tsunamis as well as diverse seismic sources such as volcanic, tectonic, oceanic, atmospheric, and artificial processes ....
, he is credited with the discovery of deep focus earthquake
Deep focus earthquake

A deep-focus earthquake is an earthquake that occurs at depths between 300 and 700 km beneath the Earth's surface. Their cause is still not entirely understood since subducted lithosphere at that pressure and temperature regime should not exhibit brittle behavior....
s.

He is credited with coining the word parsec
Parsec

The parsec is a units of measurement of astronomical units of length, equal to just under 31 orders_of_magnitude_#1012 kilometres , or about 3.26 light-years....
.

Honours

Awards
  • Bruce Medal
    Bruce Medal

    The Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal is awarded every year by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for outstanding lifetime contributions to astronomy....
     (1927)
Named after him
  • The crater Turner
    Turner (crater)

    Turner is a small moon impact crater that lies in the Mare Insularum, near the Moon's equator. It is located to the southeast of the crater Gambart ....
     on the Moon
    Moon

    The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the List of natural satellites by diameter satellite in the Solar System. The average centre-to-centre distance from the Earth to the Moon is km, about thirty times the diameter of the Earth....
  • Asteroid
    Asteroid

    Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets or planetoids, are small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun, smaller than planets but larger than meteoroids....
     1186 Turnera
    1186 Turnera

    1186 Turnera is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on August 01, 1929 by C. Jackson at Johannesburg .External links ...