Christie, Sir William Henry Mahoney (1845-1922)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3538. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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British astronomer, worked at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, as Chief Assistant (assistant director) before succeeding Airy as Astronomer Royal (director) in 1881. Turned the Royal Observatory towards astrophysics (as opposed to positional astronomy). He installed large collecting area telescopes (e.g. the 28 in refractor, still in operation, used originally for double star observations). He b...

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