Miscellaneous correspondence, A-K, 1896 - 1900
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of David Gill with other astronomers, divided into sections by correspondent:
J. Franklin Adams, 17 June 1896 - 29 March 1900.
Professor A. Auwers, Berlin, 24 July 1880 - 15 January 1900.
Sir Robert S. Ball, 20 May 1896 - 15 February 1900.
Pietro Baracchi, Melbourne Observatory, 23 January 1897 - 19 January 1900.
S.J. Braun, U.S. Naval Observatory, 2 March - 4 April 1900.
Miss Agnes Clerke, London, 4 March 1897 - 18 February 1900.
Professor G. Cornstock, Washburn Observatory, 20 February 1897 - 21 February 1899.
W.E. Cooke, Perth Observatory, 7 January 1896 - 20 March 1900.
B. Cookson, Northumberland, 26 January 1898 - 6 February 1899.
Dr Ralph Copeland, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, 27 June 1897 - 6 March 1900.
Cordoba Observatory, J.M. Thorne and Doctor Gailo, January 1896 - 28 February 1900.
H. Davis, Columbia University, 19 December 1896 - 3 January 1899.
W. de Sitter, 29 December 1896 - 4 April 1900.
W.L. Elkin, Yale University Observatory, April 1896 - 7 March 1900.
Sir William Huggins, London, 7 August 1897 - 7 March 1900.
Professor H. Jacoby, 4 January 1896 - 22 March 1900.
Professor J.C. Kapteyn, Groningen, February 1896 - 9 August 1899.
E.H. Knobel, London, 14 February - 17 March 1898.
Dates
- Creation: 1896 - 1900
Creator
- From the Series: Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
29 folder(s)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Many of the papers are in a very poor physical condition.
Former / Other Reference
Q
Finding aid date
2006-08-07 11:33:06+00:00
Subject
- Adams, John Franklin, 1843 - 1912 (astronomer) (Person)
- Auwers, Arthur Julius Georg Friedrich von, 1838 - 1915 (astronomer) (Person)
- Gill, David, Sir, 1843 - 1914 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Huggins, William, Sir, 1824 - 1910 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Cooke, William Ernest, 1863 - 1947 (astronomer and meteorologist) (Person)
- Kapteyn, Jacobus Cornelius, 1851 - 1922 (astronomer) (Person)
- Ball, Robert Stawell, Sir, 1840 - 1913 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Clerke, Agnes Mary, 1842 - 1907 (writer on astronomy) (Person)
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