Royal Observatory
Connections
Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
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Occupation | Agnes Mary Clerke | AMC
's passion for astronomy led to her success and recognition in the field of this predominantly masculine science. Though she was never officially employed as an astronomer, she declined an offer to work for... |
politics | L. S. Bevington | LSB
's fellow anarchist David Nicoll
argued in The Greenwich Mystery: Letters from the Dead, on the basis of a letter from LSB
, that Martial Bourdin
, the Greenwich Observatory
bomber, had been... |
politics | L. S. Bevington | In February 15, 1894, French anarchist Martial Bourdin
died after he apparently tried to blow up the Royal Observatory
in Greenwich Park. LSB
likely had insider knowledge of this incident (which formed the basis... |
Reception | Jane Squire | So far as is known, none of JS
's writing or actions made any impression on the Longitude Commission
ers. The longitude papers (at the Royal Greenwich Observatory
, now located in Cambridge) contain... |
Textual Production | L. S. Bevington | Six months after the apparent attempt by French anarchist Martial Bourdin
to blow up the GreenwichObservatory
, LSB
wrote to former Commonweal editor David Nicoll
her view that the incident was a police sting... |
Timeline
15 February 1894
French anarchist Martial Bourdin
was fatally injured in an apparent attempt to destroy the Royal Observatory
in Greenwich Park using a home-made bomb.
1972
Margaret Burbidge
became the Royal Observatory
's director.