Editing Lewis A. Swift (section)

{{Short description|American astronomer (1820–1913)}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Lewis Swift
| image              = Lewis Swift.jpg
| birth_date         = February 29, 1820
| birth_place        = [[Clarkson, New York]]
| death_date         = January 5, 1913 (aged 92)
| death_place        = [[Marathon, New York]]
| occupation         = [[Astronomer]]
| spouse             = 
| relatives          = [[Edward D. Swift]] (son)
| honours            = {{bulleted list | Honorary Ph.D. from [[University of Rochester]] | Laplace Medel from [[Société astronomique de France]] | [[Jackson-Gwilt Medal]] from [[Royal Astronomical Society]] }}
| signature          = Signature of Lewis A. Swift.png
}}
'''Lewis A. Swift''' (February 29, 1820 – January 5, 1913<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/persons/obit/obit_si.html
|title=Obituary Notes of Astronomers
|publisher=www.astro.uni-bonn.de
|accessdate=2008-06-08}}</ref>) was an American [[astronomer]] who discovered 13 [[comet]]s and 1,248 previously uncatalogued [[nebula]]e. Only [[William Herschel]] discovered more nebulae visually.<ref name="Hockey">{{cite book |last1=Hockey |first1=Thomas |title=Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers |date=2007 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-387-31022-0 |page=1115}}</ref>