James Ferguson (Scottish astronomer)

James Ferguson was a Scottish astronomer. He is known as the inventor and improver of astronomical and other scientific apparatus, as a striking instance of self education and as an itinerant lecturer.

25 April 1710

Born on the same birth day (25 April): Albert King • Constantinos Christoforou • DeAngelo Williams • Dinesh D'Souza • Fred Haney • Fred McLeod (golfer) • George Nēpia • Jacques Santini • Raphaël Varane • Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher • William J. Brennan Jr.

Born in the same month (April 1710): Caffarelli (castrato) • Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan • Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée • Thomas Reid • William Cullen