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Temple Chevallier (1794-1873) studied at Pembroke College in the University of Cambridge, and became a fellow and tutor at Catherine Hall. In 1826 and 1827 he delivered the prestigious Hulsean Lectures at the University, first ‘On the Historical Types Contained in the Old Testament’, and then on ‘The Proofs of Divine Power and Wisdom from Astronomy’. In 1835, Chevallier was engaged as Registrar and a tutor at Durham University, contributing courses on Divinity, Hebrew, Mathematics and Civil Engineering, and held the University’s first Chair in Astronomy from 1841. He helped found the Observatory there in 1839, where he made a particular study of sunspots and Jupiter’s moons, and was its Director for thirty years. From 1835 until his death, Chevallier was perpetual Parish Priest at the village of Esh, where he restored the church and established a school.
