Person

Spigl, Hyman Solomon (1911 - 1962)

Born
1911
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died
20 August 1962
Mount Lawley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation
Astronomer and Surveyor

Summary

Hyman Spigl was Government Astronomer in Western Australia 1940-1962 and was responsible for the upgrading of the functions of the Perth Observatory.

Earlier he was a surveyor in the Department of Lands and Surveys, and in 1935 he was second- in-command of a geodetic survey party that demarcated a section of the border between Western Australia and the Northern Territory in the Kimberleys. [Hugh Carey Barclay (1905 - 1997) was the surveyor in charge of the border surveys, in 1935, 1936, 1937.]

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Chronology

1929
Career event - Cadet surveyor, Lands and Surveys Department, Western Australia
1939
Education - Bachelor of Surveying (BSurv 1st.Hons), University of Western Australia
1940 - 1962
Career position - Government Astronomer, Western Australia

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Archival resources

Perth Observatory

  • Hyman Solomon Spigl - Records, 1940 - 1962; Perth Observatory. Details

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