Person
Gale, Walter Frederick (1865 - 1945)
- Born
- 27 November 1865
Paddington, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 1 June 1945
New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Astronomer
Summary
Walter Gale worked in banking and finance in New South Wales but maintained an active interest in astronomy. He built his first telescope around 1884 and formed the habit of sweeping the sky on every clear night. He discovered a number of comets and double stars.
Details
Chronology
- 1900 - 1902
- Career position - President, New South Wales Branch, British Astronomical Association
- 1914 - 1923
- Career position - President, New South Wales Branch, British Astronomical Association
- 1927 - 1933
- Career position - President, New South Wales Branch, British Astronomical Association
- 1935 - 1939
- Career position - President, New South Wales Branch, British Astronomical Association
- 1939
- Career position - Member, National Committee for Astronomy, Australian National Research Council
- 1942 - 1943
- Career position - President, New South Wales Branch, British Astronomical Association
Related entries
Archival resources
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- Walter Frederick Gale - Records; Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Details
Private hands (Gale Family)
- Walter Frederick Gale - Records, 1865 - 1945; Private hands (Gale Family). Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Wood, Harley, 'Gale, Walter Frederick (1865-1945), banker and astronomer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 609-610. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gale-walter-frederick-6269. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Obituary: Walter F. Gale', Australian Journal of Science, 8 (2-3) (1945), 73-74. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q945210. Details
- 'Gale, Walter Frederick (1865-1945)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462213. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2018
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