Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Mar 2007
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Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (ISSN 1440-2807), Vol. 10, No. 1, p. 49 - 64 (2007).
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
William Doberck, Markree Observatory, Hong Kong Observatory, Colonial Astronomy, Double Stars
Scientific paper
We outline the role of astronomy in the career of William Doberck (1852-1941). After taking a PhD in astronomy at the University of Jena in 1873, he accepted a position as superintendent of Markree Observatory in the west of Ireland. There he refurbished the great 13-inch refractor and spent nine years observing mostly double star systems, paying only such attention to meteorological monitoring as was required of his position. In 1883 he became the founding Director of a new observatory in Hong Kong, a post which he held for 24 years. His frustrations in attempting to continue his purely astronomical work, not assuaged by his combative and prickly personality, and in the face of the strictly practical demands of that mercantile society for comprehensive storm forecasting, are described. Finally, his observations in retirement in England, and his overall contribution to astronomy, are summarised.
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