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Brian George William Manning (14 May 1926 – 10 November 2011) was an English astronomer who discovered 19 minor planets. He was born in 1926 in Birmingham. He constructed his first mirror from a piece of glass that a World War II bomb blew out of the roof of the factory where his father worked. He began as an engineering draughtsman but later became a metrologist at the University of Birmingham. In the late 1950s, he constructed an interference-controlled ruling machine in a home workshop, which was able to rule high-quality 3 by 2 inch gratings. In 1990, he received the prize of the BAA.

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  • Brian G. W. Manning (en)
  • Brian G. W. Manning (de)
  • Brian G. W. Manning (eo)
  • Brian G. W. Manning (it)
  • Brian G. W. Manning (fr)
  • Brian Manning (pl)
  • Brian G.W. Manning (sv)
  • Мэннинг, Брайан (ru)
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  • Brian George William Manning (14 May 1926 – 10 November 2011) was an English astronomer who discovered 19 minor planets. He was born in 1926 in Birmingham. He constructed his first mirror from a piece of glass that a World War II bomb blew out of the roof of the factory where his father worked. He began as an engineering draughtsman but later became a metrologist at the University of Birmingham. In the late 1950s, he constructed an interference-controlled ruling machine in a home workshop, which was able to rule high-quality 3 by 2 inch gratings. In 1990, he received the prize of the BAA. (en)
  • Brian G. W. Manning, né le 14 mai 1926 et mort le 10 novembre 2011, est un astronome anglais. (fr)
  • Brian G.W. Manning (ur. 14 maja 1926 w Birmingham, zm. 10 listopada 2011 w domu opieki Nightingales w Worcestershire) – angielski astronom amator. W latach 1989–1997 odkrył 19 planetoid. Zajmował się też astrometrią komet. W uznaniu jego pracy jedną z planetoid nazwano (3698) Manning. (pl)
  • Brian G. W. Manning (Birmingham, 14 maggio 1926 – Worcestershire, 10 novembre 2011) è stato un astronomo britannico. Manning ha scoperto numerosi asteroidi. (it)
  • Brian George William Manning, född 14 maj 1926 i Birmingham, död 10 november 2011, var en brittisk astronom. Minor Planet Center listar honom som B. G. W. Manning och som upptäckare av 19 asteroider. Asteroiden 3698 Manning är uppkallad efter honom. (sv)
  • Brian G. W. MANNING estas brita amatora astronomo naskiĝinta la 14-an de majo 1926 en Birmingham (West Midlands, Anglio), mortinta la 10-an de novembro 2011. Li fabrikis sian unuan spegulon per vitra rompaĵo forblovita de bomb-eksplodo sur la fabriko, kie laboris sia patro dum la dua mondmilito. Li komencis labori kiel teknika desegnisto, poste kiel fakulo pri metrologio en la . En la 1950-aj jaroj, li konstruis en sia propra ateliero precizan maŝinon kondukita per interfero, kiu permesas fabriki de 3 per 2 coloj. En 1990 li ricevis la Premion H.E Dall de la . (eo)
  • Brian George William Manning (* 14. Mai 1926 in Birmingham; † 10. November 2011) war ein britischer Amateurastronom und Asteroidenentdecker. Er begann sein Berufsleben als technischer Zeichner und wechselte später als Messtechnikspezialist an die University of Birmingham. In den späten 1950er Jahren konstruierte er in einer Werkstatt eine interferenzgesteuerte Messeinrichtung, mittels der es möglich war, Beugungsgitter bis zu einer Größe von sechs Quadratzoll zu vermessen. Im Jahre 1988 wurde der Asteroid (3698) Manning nach ihm benannt. (de)
  • Брайан Мэннинг (англ. Brian G. W. Manning; 12 мая 1926 — 12 ноября 2011) — британский астроном и первооткрыватель астероидов, который работал в обсерватории «Stakenbridge» (IAU-Code 494), расположенной в графстве Вустершир. В период 1989 по 1997 год им было обнаружено в общей сложности 19 астероидов. В 1990 году был удостоен премии Британской астрономической ассоциации (англ.). В знак признания заслуг Брайана Мэннинга одному из астероидов было присвоено его имя (3698) Мэннинг. (ru)
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  • Nightingales Residential home, Worcestershire, ENngland (en)
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