The Life of Roger Langdon Told by Himself, with Additions by his Daughter

The Life of Roger LangdonTold by Himself, with Additions by his Daughter\nAuthor(s): Roger Langdon, Ellen Langdon\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108021647, 978-1108021647\nSynopsis\nFirst published in 1909, this autobiography details the astonishing life of Roger Langdon [tel], a country station-master and amateur astronomer. Langdon's life is a remarkable story of self-education and determination: he started work as a farmer's boy at the age of eight, ran away from the home to work for a shipowner in Jersey at fourteen, and was then employed by a blacksmith, canvas manufacturers, and a solicitor before finding work with the Great Western Railway. Langdon was from an early age interested in astronomy, and eventually constructed four telescopes and his own observatory. He developed his own method for photographing the moon and the transit of Venus, and presented a paper to the Royal Astronomi.