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Main, Robert, (1808-1878), astronomer

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Surname: Main
Forenames: Robert
Gender: Male
Date: 1808-1878
Biography: ODNB link for Main, Robert (1808-1878) Astronomer
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P143782 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P18802 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
draft articles
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
2
1872: short account of the Radcliffe Observatory
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 1277
3
corresp with Sir John Herschel (16 items)
Royal Society
NRA 8803
4
1839-78: letters to Royal Astronomical Society
Royal Astronomical Society Library
See Memoirs of Royal Astronomical Society vol 85 1978