Richard van der Riet Woolley Papers, 1947-1975.

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Richard van der Riet Woolley Papers, 1947-1975.

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Includes: A. Correspondence and records which formed the working papers of the Royal Observatory, maintained in a filing system. B. Documentation of important events and topics, such as: the completion of the move of all instruments, departments and staff to Herstmonceux; completion and inauaguration of the Isaac Newton Telescope at Herstmonceux; increase in astrophysical research effort of the Royal Greenwich Observatory; the transfer of responsibility for the Royal Greenwich Observatory from the Admiralty to the newly created Science Research Council, April 1, 1965; decision to separate the post of Astronomer Royal from Director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, 1969-1971; first use of electronic computers at Royal Greenwich Observatory, installed for work in HM Nautical Almanac Office. C. The following is a partial list of the names of correspondents and others as they appear in the handlist to this class of papers in RGO Archives. It must be remembered that this is not necessarily an exhaustive list of names as they appear in the papers themselves. Researchers interested in a particular period are invited to write to the RGO Archivist at the above address if they are interested in particular individuals whose names do not appear below, but who could possibly have been in correspondence with the person or institution responsible for creating the class. Correspondents include: Sir E. Appleton; N. Bliss; F. Carmody. Sir J. Cockroft; A. Curtis; A. Deutsch; R. Ditchburn; J. Dixon; Sir A. Eddington; Prof. Fitzgerald; Dr. Gascoigne; Sir H. Grubb-Parsons; G. Harding; Sir J. Herschel; E. Lindfoot; H. Plaskett; V.D. Porensky; V. Reddish; A. Sandage; M. Schmidt; Sir B. Schonland; M. Schwarzschild; Sir H. Spencer-Jones; R. Stoy; Lord Thompson; Dr. A Unsold; and Sir R. Woolley, among others.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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