Person

Pigot, Edward Francis (1858 - 1929)

Born
18 September 1858
Dundrum, Ireland
Died
22 May 1929
North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Seismologist and Astronomer

Summary

Edward Pigot was a physics teacher at the Riverview College, Sydney 1887-1892 and was the founder and Director of the Riverview College Observatory 1907-1929.

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Chronology

1921 -
Career position - Foundation Councillor (Astronomy), Australian National Research Council

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Archival resources

Jesuit Archives, Hawthorn

  • Edward Francis Pigot - Records, 1887 - 1920; Jesuit Archives, Hawthorn. Details

St Ignatius College Archives, Riverview

  • Edward Francis Pigot - Records, 1909 - 1920; St Ignatius College Archives, Riverview. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Drake, L. A., 'Pigot, Edward Francis (1858-1929), Jesuit Priest, Astronomer and Seismologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 230-231. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110235b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Branagan, David, 'Earth Sky and Prayer in Harmony: Aspects of the Interesting Life of Father Edward Pigot, SJ, BA, MB, BCh (1858-1929): part 2 (1911-1929)', Earth Sciences History, 29 (2) (2010), 232-63. Details
  • Branagan, David, 'Earth Sky and Prayer in Harmony: Aspects of the Interesting Life of Father Edward Pigot, SJ, BA, MB, BCh (1858-1929): part 1', Earth Sciences History, 29 (1) (2010), 69-99. Details
  • O'Connell, D., 'Father Edward Francis Pigot, S.J.', Studies; an Irish quarterly review, 41 (162) (1952), 189-96. Details

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See also

  • Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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