In the holidays I went down to ring the bells for a wedding in Cockermouth. This grave stone was outside the door to the bell tower. It turns out that Rev Fearon Fallows who died in 1831 was the "Astronomer Royal to His Britannic Majesty at the Cape of Good Hope". He was also a Fellow of St John's College Cambridge and FRS. FRS means "Fellow of the Royal Society" and is an honour awarded to the very top scientists in the UK. Our own Harry Elliot was FRS. So this was the grave of a distinguished physicist by the look of it, confirmation that we do live in a great area for physics. The top of the grave stone has an interesting early map of the world. I've also added some views most of you won't have seen of Cockermouth from the roof of the church beside the bell tower.
In the holidays I went down to ring the bells for a wedding in Cockermouth. This grave stone was outside the door to the bell tower. It turns out that Rev Fearon Fallows who died in 1831 was the "Astronomer Royal to His Britannic Majesty at the Cape of Good Hope". He was also a Fellow of St John's College Cambridge and FRS. FRS means "Fellow of the Royal Society" and is an honour awarded to the very top scientists in the UK. Our own Harry Elliot was FRS. So this was the grave of a distinguished physicist by the look of it, confirmation that we do live in a great area for physics. The top of the grave stone has an interesting early map of the world. I've also added some views most of you won't have seen of Cockermouth from the roof of the church beside the bell tower.
