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Cooke, William Ernest (1863 - 1947) |
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| Astronomer and Meteorologist | |||
| Born: 25 July 1863 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Died: 7 November 1947 Adelaide. | |||
| William Ernest Cooke became the first government astronomer of Western Australia in 1896 and until 1908 was also government meteorologist. In 1912 Cooke then became both government astronomer of New South Wales and Professor of Astronomy, University of Sydney until the 1930s. |
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