Oral history interview Burton Fredrick Jones, 1977 July 16.

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Oral history interview Burton Fredrick Jones, 1977 July 16.

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Education at University of Chicago and graduate years at Yerkes Observatory; leaving school for Peace Corps; return to Yerkes; work in astrometry with William F. van Altena; interests in astrophysical applications of astrometric work; postdoctoral years at Lick Observatory; impressions of astronomical community's regard for astrometry and the rise of modern astrometry; research and living conditions at the Royal Observatory; 1973 Eclipse expedition in North Africa; return to Lick; impressions of astronomers. Also prominently mentioned is: C.R. O'Dell.

Transcript, 23 p.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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