Miscellaneous correspondence, L-Z, 1896 - 1900
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between David Gill and various individuals, including members of other observatories, divided into nineteen sections:
Professor R.H. Tucker, W.W. Campbell, J.E. Keeler and E.S. Holden of the Lick Observatory, April 1896 - January 1900.
W.H. Maw, London, 21 February - 13 June 1899.
Professor Simon Newcomb, Washington, 13 January 1896 - 31 January 1900.
H.F. Newall, Cambridge, 3 March - 9 October 1899.
Professor Vogel and Dr G. Muller, Potsdam, 1897 - 27 June 1899.
Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, E.J. Stone and A.A. Rambaut, 29 March 1897 - 31 July 1899.
Dr A.W. Roberts of Laverdale, 15 May 1894 - 27 January 1890.
H.C. Russell, Sydney Observatory, 2 March 1896 - 31 October 1898.
Professor Schur, Gottingen, 16 October 1897 - 18 October 1898.
Professor T.J.J. Seer, Lavell Observatory, City of Mexico, 24 November 1896 - 22 May 1899.
Dr Otto Struve, Karlsruhe, 14 August 1897 - 23 November 1898.
Various American professors, 27 April 1899 - 1900.
General J.F. Tennant, London, 24 May 1896 - 10 April 1898.
Professor H.H. Turner, University Observatory, Oxford, January 1896 - 6 March 1900.
Professor F.L. Wadsworth, Yerkes University, 31 July 1897 - 19 February 1898.
Professor W. Harkness and M. Updegraff, U.S. Naval Observatory, 26 June 1899 - 4 April 1900.
Paris Observatory, 23 May 1896 - 7 June 1900.
Various correspondents in England, including G.H. Darwin, George Baden-Powell and E.W. Maunder, 21 June 1896-1899.
Various correspondents in Europe and India, 11 February 1898 - 1899.
Dates
- Creation: 1896 - 1900
Creator
- From the Series: Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope (Organization)
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
Q
Finding aid date
2006-08-07 11:33:08+00:00
Subject
- Maunder, Edward Walter, 1851 - 1928 (astronomer) (Person)
- Stone, Edward James, 1831 - 1897 (astronomer) (Person)
- Gill, David, Sir, 1843 - 1914 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Struve, Otto Wilhelm, 1819 - 1905 (astronomer) (Person)
- Paris Observatory (Organization)
- Newcomb, Simon, 1835 - 1909 (astronomer) (Person)
- Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford (Organization)
- Tennant, James Francis, 1829 - 1915 (soldier and astronomer) (Person)
- Turner, Herbert Hall, 1861 - 1930 (astronomer and seismologist) (Person)
- Darwin, George Howard, Sir, 1845 - 1912 (Knight, mathematician and geophysicist) (Person)
- Rambaut, Arthur Alcock, 1857 - 1923 (astronomer) (Person)
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