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Parkinson, Wilfred Charles (1884 - 1964)
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Magnetic observer
Born: 8 May 1884  Greenwich, England.  Died: 3 November 1964  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Wilfred Charles Parkinson is author of over forty articles on magnetic phenomena. He was a magnetic observer at the Carnegie Institute from 1913 to 1951 and also worked at the Watheroo Magnetic Observatory in Western Australia, and in Brazil, Scotland and England.
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1901 - 1908Computer at the Greenwich Observatory, UK
1908 - 1913Assistant at the Eskdalemuir Observatory in Scotland
1913 - 1951Magnetic Observer with the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA
1919 - 1921Assistant at the Watheroo Magnetic Observatory in Western Australia
1921Officer-in-charge at Watheroo Magnetic Observatory
1930 - 1933Officer-in-charge at Watheroo Magnetic Observatory
1934 - 1936Officer-in-charge at Watheroo Magnetic Observatory
1939 - 1946Officer-in-charge at Watheroo Magnetic Observatory
1952 - 1953UNESCO consultant at the Tatuoca Magnetic Observatory in Brazil

 
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Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 29 August 2005
Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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