age ~76
from Olathe, KS
…Supposedly, Adams communicated his work to James Challis, director of the Cambridge Observatory, in mid-September 1845 but there is some controversy as to how. On 21 October 1845, Adams, returning from a Cornwall vacation, without appointment, twice called on Astronomer Royal George Biddell ...
James Challis FRS (12 December 1803 3 December 1882) was an English clergyman, physicist and astronomer. Plumian Professor and director of the Cambridge