First published in 1909, this autobiography details the astonishing
life of Roger Langdon (1825 94), a country station-master and
amateur astronomer. Langdon's life is a remarkable story of
self-education and determination: he started work as a farmer's boy
at the age of eight, ran away from the home to work for a shipowner
in Jersey at fourteen, and was then employed by a blacksmith,
canvas manufacturers, and a solicitor before finding work with the
Great Western Railway. Langdon was from an early age interested in
astronomy, and eventually constructed four telescopes and his own
observatory. He developed his own method for photographing the moon
and the transit of Venus, and presented a paper to the Royal
Astronomical Society, which is included in the appendices. Langdon
died before completing his autobiography, and the latter chapters
on his scientific achievements and final years were completed by
his daughter Ellen.
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