==Eerbetuigingen==*Lid van de Royal Astronomical Society, (1836);*lid van de Royal Society (Fellowschip), (1848);*Bronzen medaille op de Great Exhibition voor de uitvinding van de transit-reducer, (1851). ###>==Theological views==Challis took issue with Charles Wycliffe Goodwin's views on Genesis expressed in "Essays and Reviews" (1860).