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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.
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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.
