Duffield, Walter Geoffrey (1879-1929)

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DUFFIELD, WALTER GEOFFREY (1879-1929), astronomer, was born on 12 August 1879 at Gawler, South Australia, son of David Walter Duffield, merchant, and his wife Florence Evangeline, née Kirkpatrick, and grandson of Walter Duffield. He attended Queen's School and the Collegiate School of St Peter, Adelaide. After graduating B.Sc. from the University of Adelaide in 1900 he won the Angas engineering scholarship and entered Trinity College, Cambridge, England, where he obtained his B.A. after two years. He spent 1903 at the National Physical Laboratory on a Nobel research studentship.

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Walter Geoffrey Duffield was Professor of Physics, Reading University, England 1910-23 and was appointed the inaugural Director of the Solar Physics Observatory, Mount Stromlo near Canberra, in 1924. He was born in Adelaide and had studied with W.H. Bragg.

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  1. Science and Government in Australia 1905-14: Geoffrey Duffield and the Foundation of the Commonwealth Solar ObservatoryHistorical Records of Australian Science 6 2 171-189 : Science and Government in Australia 1905-14: Geoffrey Duffield and the Foundation of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory
    Love, Rosaleen
    [1985]
  2. Four Nineteenth Century GraduatesJournal of the Historical Society of South Australia 14 137-148 : Four Nineteenth Century Graduates
    Edgeloe, V. A.
    [1986]
  3. Duffield, Walter GeoffreyPhysics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham : Duffield, Walter Geoffrey
    [1995]
    Published: Australian Science Archives Project
    Series: http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P000375p.htm
  4. Duffield, Walter Geoffrey (1879-1929)Australian Dictionary of Biography Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 8 351 : Duffield, Walter Geoffrey (1879-1929)
    Allen, C. W.
    [1981]
    Published: Melbourne University Press
  5. Walter Geoffrey Duffield Guide to Records
    McCarthy, Gavan; Sankey, Howard
    [2004]
    Published: Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    Series: http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/guides/duff/duffield.htm
  6. The Papers of Walter Geoffrey Duffield (1879-1929)
    McCarthy, Gavan; Sankey, Howard
    [1987]
    Published: Australian Science Archives Project
  7. Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science: Walter Geoffrey Duffield - Records (1880 - 1987)
    Personal records 1880-1983, most 1890s-1920s including biographical material 1896-1983; published articles and other writings 1894-1928; family records 1906-60; material on the Solar Physics Observatory, Mt Stromlo 1880-1967; University of Reading 1910-1983; notes, correspondence and press cuttings 1906-27; photographs 1880-1920; audio recording 1987 [116 cm, MS 95].
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  1. [Biographical cuttings on Walter Geoffrey Duffield, politician, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
    [ Published : 1900-1990 ]
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  3. The luminosity of the night sky : observed with a Rayleigh photometer at the Commonwealth Solar Observatory during the years 1926 and 1927 / by the Director and Staff
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  1. DR. DUFFIELD Death of Eminent Scientist AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS GREAT BELIEVER IN CANBERRA The death occurred at 8.30 last night of Doctor Walter Geoffrey Duffield, Director of the Com...
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    ... DR. DUFFIELD Death of Eminent Scientist AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS GREAT BELIEVER IN CANBERRA The death occurred 'at 8.30 last night of Doctor Walter Geoffrey Duffield, Director of the Commonwealth wealth Solar Observatory at Mt. Stromlo, after a brief illness. The late Dr. Di Duffield was besides being ... 379 words
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  2. PROFESSOR DUFFIELD DEAD
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    ... PROFESSOR DUFFIELD DEAD Professor Walter Geoffrey Duffield. Director ector of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory tory at Canberra died last night after a brief illness« ... 24 words
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  3. DEATH OF MR. D. W. DUFFIELD. LONDON, January 25.
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