follow his lead and inspire an interest in the natural world. Local MP Hilary Benn was also present. Ancestry References Further reading Goward, K. Jeremiah Horrocks and the Transit of Venus Sellers, David (January 2020), William Gascoigne, Leeds Astronomer (c.1612-44): Or, How a Spider Placed Leeds at the Forefront of the Scientific Revolution 1612 births 1644 deaths 17th-century English inventors 17th-century English astronomers English Roman Catholics 17th-century English mathematicians British scientific instrument makers Cavaliers English military personnel killed in action People from Belle Isle, Leeds Scientists from Yorkshire