Person

Curlewis, Harold Burnham (1874 - 1968)

Born
1874
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Died
8 June 1968
West Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation
Astronomer and Meteorologist

Summary

Harold Curlewis was Acting Government Astronomer and Meteorologist in Western Australia 1912-1920 and Government Astronomer 1920-1940. He managed to keep the Perth Observatory open in face of government opposition.

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Chronology

1898 - c. 1912
Career position - Astronomical Computer and Observer, Observatory, Perth, Western Australia
1912 - 1920
Career position - Acting Government Astronomer and Meteorologist, Western Australia
1920 - 1940
Career position - Government Astronomer, Western Australia
1922
Career event - Elected Associate Member (Astronomy), Australian National Research Council
1940
Life event - Retired
1968
Life event - Karrakatta Cemetery [Cremated]

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Archival resources

Perth Observatory

  • Harold Burnham Curlewis - Records, 1912 - 1940; Perth Observatory. Details

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Theses

  • Stevenson, T., 'Measuring the stars and observing the less visible: Australia's participation in the Astrographic Catalogue and Carte du Ciel', Thesis, University of Sydney, 2015, 381 pp. Details

See also

Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes

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