The Aeronauts (film)
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The Aeronauts is a 2019 biographical adventure film directed by Tom Harper and written by Jack Thorne, from a story co-written by Thorne and Harper. The film is based on the 2013 book Falling Upwards:
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James Glaisher
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James Glaisher FRS was an English meteorologist, aeronaut and astronomer.
The Aeronauts (film)
…but was the subject of controversy for its historical revisionism of one of the two protagonists. In 1862 London, Amelia Wren, a balloon pilot, and James Glaisher, a scientist, arrive for the launch of the largest balloon ever constructed. Despite being haunted by a vision of her husband, the late Pierre, Amelia…
James Glaisher
Glaisher's home at 20 Dartmouth Hill, London
James Glaisher (left) and Henry Tracey Coxwell Ballooning in 1864
Plaque at Glaisher's home