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Bompas, George Cox
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Dates of existence
1827-1905
History
George Cox Bompas was a British solicitor and astronomer. Bompas was born in Bloomsbury. He was the second son of Serjeant Charles Carpenter Bompas. His brother was William Bompas.
He married May Ann Scott Buckland, daughter of Reverend William Buckland, in 1860. They had four children. Bompas took interest in astronomy and studies periodic meteor shower and the Zodiacal light. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Geological Society and the Paleontological Society.