Joseph Gledhill

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:More citations needed Joseph Gledhill (17 November 1837 – 20 March 1906) was a British astronomer. He worked as an assistant at the Bermerside Observatory in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.

In 1879 he co-authored the book A Handbook of Double Stars with Edward Crossley and Rev. James Wilson (who was later Canon of Worcester). Gledhill was elected a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society on 15 November 1865<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society on 8 May 1874.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

A crater on Mars is named in his honour.

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