death_date birth_place nationality field birth_date article_title name alma_mater
9 january 1897 bedford british selenography 27 october 1836 thomas gwyn elger
 thomas gwyn elger bedford school , university college london
thomas gwyn elger

thomas gwyn empy elger fras -lrb- 1836 -- 1897 -rrb- was a british selenographer and one of the preeminent lunar observers of the victorian age , best known for his lunar map , which was regarded as one of the best available until the 1960s .
he was the first director of the lunar section of the british astronomical association -lrb- baa -rrb- , and is remembered by the lunar crater elger .
