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Papers on appointments, 1870 - 1913

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Scope and Contents

Papers regarding appointments, regulations and salaries:

(1) Enquiries and applications for employment as assistants at the Royal Observatory, 1900-1913. The applicants are:

1900: F. Taylor.

1904: H.J. Bellamy, E.G. Constable, W.A. Holmes and C. Egerton-Wragge.

1905: T. Kimber and E.W. Metcalfe.

1906: C.G. Browne, C.E. Wright, B.A. Bull and A. Andrews.

1907: E. Carpenter, T.C. Wetton, R. Coombes and R.H.C. Christman.

1908: The Revd M. Langdale, S.S. Nairn and H. Blackett.

1909: T.G. Strain, C.W. Casswell, J. McCowan, W.H. Tapp and J.W. Grundy.

1910: H.T.H. Butt, J.A. Maxwell, O. Roper, M.H. Gibb, J.H. Hodge, F.W. Withers, A.G. Tanant, E. Addison and W.H. Waterfield.

1911: Miss M.A. Trehearne, R.E. Rennoy, C. Brownlow, Mrs M. Steppings-Wright, E. Breson (including photograph and testimonial) and A.E. Blackall.

1912: G. Duffield, R. Fowler (including testimonials), H. Bloisins, A. Varley, R.S. Capon, C.A. Gould, I. Kemal, P. Plappert and J.C. Clancy.

1913: J.H. Morris, H. Job, A.A. Allan and L. Chaplin.

(2) Applications for appointments as assistants at the Royal Observatory, c. 1870-1902. The applicants are:

[1870] T. Tyson, W. Freeman, R. Lines, D. Arkell and H. Pinder.

1893: M.J. Berry, H. Lawton, T. Höppner, J.A. Scott, T.T. Mains and L.A. Taylor.

1894: W.E. Besley, R. Hewitt, S. Patterson, H.E. Lee, A. Hitcher, H.W. Ride, A.E. Larkman, W. Shackelton, J. Brown, A. Solomon, P. Wittich, G.H. Darwin, J. Craig, F.H. Kitchen, T. Mansell, E. Simmons, C.C. Garner Richards and H. Wimpers.

1895: F.S. Craven, J.A. Clacton, J. Cassin, J. Jacob, G.L. Thomas and C.E. Wright.

1896: A.E. Lyster, B. Hunter, F.E. Baxandall, F.W. Gray, H.J. Moorland, Sir Howard Grubb and F.H. Jeffrey.

1897: G. Atkinson, H.W. Geare, J. Levy, R. Plato, B. Cohen, F.W. Henkel, S. Baudry and A.C. Phillips.

1898: A. Riches, F.P. Bell, G.E. Maddison, W. Bell, A.G. Kayser, W. Abraham, L. Bramley-Moore, F. Percy, A.B. Clementson and Miss H. Jackson.

1899: T. Butler, R. Stoley, G.C. Avery and D. Hanbury.

1900: Miss C. Squire and R. Casson.

1901: A.J. Clark, E.J. Brown and A. McKinstry.

1900: W.B. Moreton.

1901: J. Ingleby, F.W. Gerrish and Miss M.G. Spencer.

1902: M.A. LeBeau, A. Stacey, W.H. Shepard, B. Cousens, A. Pearl and B.E. Andrew,

(3) Correspondence dealing with a request from the Astronomer Royal for the Admiralty to pay overtime to the Established Computers at the Royal Observatory, 1903.

(4) Correspondence on the proposed revised scheme for the examination of Established Computers, 1897-1912.























































Dates

  • Creation: 1870 - 1913

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1 bundle(s) (1 bundle)

Language of Materials

English

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A5

Finding aid date

2006-03-30 10:39:22+00:00

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