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4 boxes with 34 files
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Born Aberdeen 1843; educated Dollar Academy and Marischal College Aberdeen; left university prematurely to take up watchmaking apprenticeship aged 17; took up astronomy 1863; visted Pulkovo Observatory, St Petersburg and Germany, 1873; observed Transit of Venus in Mauritius, 1874-1976; visited Ascension to observe Mars, 1876; Her Majesty's Astronomer at Cape of Good Hope, 1879-1907; pioneered photography in astronomy especially from 1882 resulting in the publication of the magnitudes and positions of more than 455,000 stars; organised geodetic survey of South Africa, largely completed by 1897; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1883; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1890-1914; died 1914.
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GB 0402 DOG [1870-1920] Collection level 4 boxes with 34 files Gill , Sir , David , 1843-1914 , Knight , astronomer
Born Aberdeen 1843; educated Dollar Academy and Marischal College Aberdeen; left university prematurely to take up watchmaking apprenticeship aged 17; took up astronomy 1863; visted Pulkovo Observatory, St Petersburg and Germany, 1873; observed Transit of Venus in Mauritius, 1874-1976; visited Ascension to observe Mars, 1876; Her Majesty's Astronomer at Cape of Good Hope, 1879-1907; pioneered photography in astronomy especially from 1882 resulting in the publication of the magnitudes and positions of more than 455,000 stars; organised geodetic survey of South Africa, largely completed by 1897; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1883; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1890-1914; died 1914.
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Received from the family.
Papers of Sir David Gill, [1870-1920], including approximately 1000 letters addressed to Gill, chiefly scientific in content, written in the 1870s and in the first decade of the 20th century; letters relating to awards and orders received by Gill, 1891-1913 and printed report on the initiation and progress of the geodetic survey of Rhodesia.
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Index of correspondents available in the Foyle reading room.
RGS Archives - Correspondence Block, 1881-1910, 22 letters, chiefly referring to geodetic survey work.
Royal Observatory, Edinburgh: NRA(S)2657, correspondence and papers, 1872-1885; Royal Astronomical Society Library: MSS Gill, correspondence and papers, 1868-1913; Cambridge University Library Department of Manuscripts: RGO MSS, correspondence and papers, 1879-1907 and Add 7342, 7656, correspondence with Lord Kelvin, 1884-1907 and letters to Sir George Stokes, 1883-1902; London School of Economics Library: Markham Collection, letters to Violet Markham 1899-1906.
Prepared by an archives volunteer, using existing finding aids on behalf of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Revised by Sarah Drewery. Sources: Obituary in Geographical Journal 1914, Vol. 43 pp 344/6. ISAD(G) ed. 2, name authority NRA. May 2001; Nov 2008. Astronomical observatories Astronomy Gill , Sir , David , 1843-1914 , Knight , astronomer Scientific facilities South Africa Southern Africa
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Received from the family.
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Papers of Sir David Gill, [1870-1920], including approximately 1000 letters addressed to Gill, chiefly scientific in content, written in the 1870s and in the first decade of the 20th century; letters relating to awards and orders received by Gill, 1891-1913 and printed report on the initiation and progress of the geodetic survey of Rhodesia.
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Arranged according to the Scope and Content set out above.
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Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.
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Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist, and subject to completion of an application form. No reproduction or publication without the permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
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- anglais
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English
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RGS Archives - Correspondence Block, 1881-1910, 22 letters, chiefly referring to geodetic survey work.
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Index of correspondents available in the Foyle reading room.
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Royal Observatory, Edinburgh: NRA(S)2657, correspondence and papers, 1872-1885; Royal Astronomical Society Library: MSS Gill, correspondence and papers, 1868-1913; Cambridge University Library Department of Manuscripts: RGO MSS, correspondence and papers, 1879-1907 and Add 7342, 7656, correspondence with Lord Kelvin, 1884-1907 and letters to Sir George Stokes, 1883-1902; London School of Economics Library: Markham Collection, letters to Violet Markham 1899-1906.
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ISAD(G) ed. 2, name authority NRA.
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- anglais