The black man who discovered black holes: John Mitchell

[Tommy Knocks]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Michell

John Michell (25 December 1724 – 29 April 1793) was an English clergyman and natural philosopher who provided pioneering insights in a wide range of scientific fields, including astronomy, geology, optics, and gravitation. Considered "one of the greatest unsung scientists of all time",[1] he was the first person known to propose the existence of black holes in publication, the first to suggest that earthquakes travel in waves, the first to explain how to manufacture artificial magnets, and the first to apply statistics to the study of the cosmos, recognizing that double stars were a product of mutual gravitation. He also invented an apparatus to measure the mass of the Earth. He has been called both the father of seismology and the father of magnetometry.

There is no surviving portrait of Michell; he is said to have been "a little short man, of black complexion, and fat.

of course whites are saying they meant black as in dark complexioned or tanned (err UK? tanned?)

and that no way blacks were free or attending uni at the time, which of course isnt true since many blacks were in europe at the time. Alexander Pushkin (russia's most famous poet) for example was a part of the noble class as was his father who was pure african. lets not even get into spain and portugal. we have seen many black portraits throughout england as well, blacks have had a presence since the 1500s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_British

 

[Michael9100]

We need more information before we can say he was black...

 

[Samori Toure]

Maybe he was from the Dogon people of Mali, West Africa.

 

[MostReal]

 

[Box Cutta]

He had an episode in DeGrasse Tyson's "Cosmos".

 

[Ms. Elaine]

Currently watching the Cosmos and I was shocked to find out that the man who discovered black holes was black and then to read that most of his discoveries were attributed to his cac contemporaries. Cacs ain't shyt.

 

[newworldafro]

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