Evershed, John, (1864-1956), astronomer

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Surname:	Evershed
Forenames:	John
Gender:	Male
Date:	1864-1956
Biography:	ODNB link for Evershed, John (1864-1956) Astronomer
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P158730 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P9545 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1889-1911: corresp and papers	Royal Astronomical Society Library	MSS Evershed; RAS letters; RAS papers	See Memoirs of Royal Astronomical Society vol 85 1978
2	papers	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	RGO 72	NRA 22822 Greenwich Observator
3	1904-37: corresp with GE Hale	California Institute of Technology Archives		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
4	1870s-1950s: notes, journals, material from eclipse expeditions, photographs and glass plates of solar observations and expeditions	Science Museum Library and Archives	EVER	See Annual Return 2015
5	c1913-2000: papers incl of Mary Acworth Evershed, incl copy diaries, photographs and papers relating to Kashmir, where John Evershed was Director of the Kodaikanal Observatory, and relating to Ewhurst, including garden diary and visiting cards from High Broom; also Guildford Grammar School for Girls school photographs, 1950 and 1952, probably relating to Susan Stephens, niece of John Evershed's second wife Margaret.	Surrey History Centre	10541	See Annual Return 2023