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RARE "British Astronomer" Herbert Hall Turner Hand Written Letter Dated 1925 For Sale
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RARE "British Astronomer" Herbert Hall Turner Hand Written Letter Dated 1925:
$499.99
Up for sale a VERY RARE! "British Astronomer" Herbert Hall Turner Hand Written Letter Dated May 25,1925 on University Observatory, Oxford Letterhead. There is a small tear along the center fold not affecting the document.
ES-139A
Herbert Hall Turner FRS (13 August 1861, Leeds – 20 August 1930, Stockholm) was a British astronomer and seismologist. Herbert Hall Turner was educated at the Leeds Modern School, Clifton College, Bristol and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1884 he accepted the post of Chief Assistant at the Royal Greenwich Observatory and stayed there for nine years. In 1893 he became Savilian Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Radcliffe Observatory at Oxford University, a post he held for 37 years until his sudden death in 1930. He was one of the observers in the Eclipse Expeditions of 1886 and 1887. In seismology, he is credited with the discovery of deep focus earthquakes. He is also credited with coining the word parsec. His 1897 Royal Society candidature citation read: " Secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society. Was Chief Assistant at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich 1884-1894.
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