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Jones, Sir Harold Spencer, (1890-1960), Knight, Knight Astronomer Royal

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Surname: Jones
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Harold Spencer
Gender: Male
Date: 1890-1960
Title: Knight
History: Astronomer Royal, 1933-1955. Knighted 1955.
Biography: ODNB link for Jones, Sir Harold Spencer (1890-1960) Knight Astronomer Royal
References: Who Was Who; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275843 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P134498 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1945-1953: Professor Geoffrey Jefferson: 1946 tour to Austria, lecturing on recent advances in...
The National Archives, Kew
BW 83/4
2
1945-1949: Professor J T Randall: 1947 tour to Switzerland, 1948 tour to Norway, lecturing on...
The National Archives, Kew
BW 83/6
3
papers
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
RGO 9
NRA 22822 Greenwich Observator

See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
4
1906-55: papers
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982