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Andrew David Thackeray, 1973 - 2002

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/SC/ThackerayAD

Scope and Contents

Posthumous materials.

Dates

  • Creation: 1973 - 2002

Biographical / Historical

Professor Andrew David Thackeray (1910-78, KC 1929) was an astronomer who discovered dense dust clouds, later known as Thackeray's Globules, in 1950. His research led to a revision of the accepted age of the universe.

Extent

1 file(s) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Finding aid date

2008-04-23 09:57:39+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge Repository

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