High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Richard Sheepshanks (30 July 1794 in Leeds 4 August 1855) was an English astronomer. He graduated from Trinity College of Cambridge University in 1816. He was called to the bar in 1824 and took orders in Church of England in 1825, but did not practice either profession because the death of his father, a textile manufacturer, left him with sufficient wealth to pursue his scientific interests. He served as editor of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and greatly improved their content.