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Herbert Hall Turner (1861–1930)

Author of Astronomical discovery

4+ Works 13 Members 0 Reviews

About the Author

Includes the names: Herbert H. Turner, Herbert Hall Turner

Image credit: Herbert Hall Turner [credit: Royal Astronomical Society]

Works by Herbert Hall Turner

Astronomical discovery (2008) 9 copies

Modern Astronomy (2008) 2 copies

The great star map: being a brief general account of the international project known as the astrographic chart (1912) 1 copy

A Voyage in Space 1 copy

Associated Works

The Foundations of Einstein's Theory of Gravitation (1916) — Introduction, some editions — 4 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Turner, Herbert Hall
Legal name: Turner, Herbert Hall
Other names: Turner, H. H.
Birthdate: 1861-08-13
Date of death: 1930-08-20
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Place of death: Stockholm, Sweden
Education: Clifton College
Trinity College, Cambridge
Occupations: astronomer
seismologist
Organizations: Oxford University
Greenwich Observatory
Royal Astronomical Society
Royal Society
Awards and honors: Bruce Medal (1927)
Turner Crater on the Moon named for him
Asteroid 1186 Turnera named for him

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Statistics

Works: 4
Also by: 1
Members: 13
Popularity: #774,335
Rating: ½ 3.5

ISBNs: 6

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Obituary (Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 42, No. 249, p. 277)

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