Cards of visitors, 1852 - 1866
Scope and Contents
Personal and business cards of visitors to the Royal Observatory, including M.F. Maury, C.H.F. Peters, W.H. Smyth, H.C.G. Rümker, C. Pritchard, L.A. Quetelet, G.B. Donati, C.E. Delaunay, R.W. Bunsen, E.J. Stone, G.P. Bond, F. Galton, C.F. Varley, G.H. Richards, J. Yates and C. Abbe. A large proportion of the cards belonged to foreign visitors.
Dates
- Creation: 1852 - 1866
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
F2/132
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:55:47+00:00
Subject
- Stone, Edward James, 1831 - 1897 (astronomer) (Person)
- Delaunay, Charles (Eugène (1816-1872) astronomer and mathematician) (Person)
- Peters, Christian Heinrich Friedrich, 1813 - 1890 (astronomer) (Person)
- Pritchard, Charles, 1808 - 1893 (headmaster and astronomer) (Person)
- Quetelet, Lambert (Adolphe-Jacques (1796-1874) astronomer, statistician and sociologist) (Person)
- Smyth, William Henry, 1788 - 1865 (Admiral, scientist and antiquary) (Person)
- Varley, Cromwell Fleetwood, 1828 - 1883 (electrical engineer) (Person)
- Bond, George Phillips, 1825 - 1865 (astronomer) (Person)
- Richards, George Henry, Sir, 1820 - 1896 (Knight, naval officer and hydrographer) (Person)
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