Background
Born in Bristol, the son of Benjamin Holder Green (1793–1865), then a haberdasher, and Elizabeth ‘Betsey’ née Everett (1795–1837). His interest in astronomy dated from 1859 when he built a telescope for himself.
Born in Bristol, the son of Benjamin Holder Green (1793–1865), then a haberdasher, and Elizabeth ‘Betsey’ née Everett (1795–1837). His interest in astronomy dated from 1859 when he built a telescope for himself.
He professionally painted landscapes and portraits, and also gained fame with his drawings of planets. He produced "soft-pencil" drawings of Mars in 1877, which were widely known. Shortly after drawing them, he was the first to suggest that canals on Mars were an optical illusion.
Green"s daughter, Anne Goold Green, married English landscape painter Laurence George Bomford.
A crater on Mars was named in his honor. MNRAS 60 (1900) 318
Observer 23 (1900) 67.
In 1880 he was called to Balmoral and taught art to some members of the Royal family including Queen Victoria. He was founding member of the British Astronomical Association (Bachelor of Applied Arts) and its president from 1897–1898.