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WOOLLEY, Richard van der Riet

Born Weymouth, Dorset, England, 24 April 1906; died Somerset West, Cape, South Africa, 24 December 1986. Education, University of Cape Town (B.Sc. 1924, M.Sc. 1925) and Cambridge University (B.A. 1928, Ph.D. 1931, Sc.D. 1951). Commonwealth Fund Fellow, Mt. Wilson Observatory, California, U.S.A., 1929-31. Chief Assistant, Greenwich Observatory, England, 1933-37. John Couch Adams Astronomer, Cambridge University, 1937-39. Director, Mt. Stromlo Observatory 1939-55; professor of astronomy, Australian National University 1950-55. Astronomer Royal, U.K., 1956-71. Director, South African Astronomical Observatory 1972-76. F.R.S. 1953. F.A.A. 1954. Knighted 1963.
  1. Magnetic observations in Spitzbergen in 1927. Terrestrial Magnetism and Atmospheric Electricity, 32 (1927), 147-150.
  2. On the central intensities of some absorption lines in the solar spectrum. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices., 90 (1929), 170-186.
  3. Interlocking of lines in absorption spectra. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices., 90 (1930), 779-787.
  4. Multiplet intensities in the solar spectrum. Astrophysical Journal, 72 (1930), 256-266; Contributions from the Mount Wilson Observatory, No.413, 361-371.
  5. A study of the widths of the lines in the B band, due to atmospheric oxygen, in the solar spectrum. Astrophysical Journal, 73 (1931), 185-193; Contributions from the Mount Wilson Observatory, No.420, 1-9.
  6. Note on the interpretation of spectrophotometric observations of weak Fraunhofer lines. Astrophysical Journal, 73 (1931), 194-204; Contributions from the Mount Wilson Observatory, No.421, 11-21.
  7. Interlocking of triplets of absorption lines. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices., 91 (1931), 864-870.
  8. Selective absorption. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices., 91 (1931), 977-984.
  9. The analysis of line intensities in stellar spectra. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices., 92 (1932), 482-500.
  10. On the contours of narrow absorption lines. Observatory, 55 (1932), 142-145.
  11. Observations of intensities of some lines in the solar spectrum. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices., 92 (1932), 806-820.
  12. Spectrophotometric observations in the region 4040-4390 A. in the solar spectrum. Cambridge. Solar Physics Observatory. Annals., 3 (1933), 79-118. Published with its own title page, where the title is given as Microphotometry of the solar spectrum from 4040 to 4390 A (Cambridge: at the University Press, 1933).
  13. The calcium ionisation temperature of the sun. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices., 93 (1933), 691-710.
  14. Multiplet intensities in stellar spectra. Observatory, 57 (1934), 27-28.
  15. Fluorescence in Halpha and Hbeta. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices., 94 (1934), 631-642.
  16. Stellar colour temperatures and the absorption coefficient. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices., 94 (1934), 713-722.
  17. Fluorescence: a correction. Observatory, 57 (1934), 345-346.
  18. Oscillator strengths and the continuous absorption coefficient. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices., 95 (1934), 101-116.
  19. The coefficient of continuous absorption. Observatory, 58 (1935), 297-300.
  20. (With H.W. Newton) Observations of intensity with a spectrohelioscope. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices., 96 (1935), 5-15.
  21. Laboratory measurements of oscillator strengths. Observatory, 59 (1936), 61-63.
  22. The Balmer decrement in the spectra of prominences. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices., 96 (1936), 515-522.
  23. (With H.W. Newton) Visual observations of intensity of dark markings on the sun, and of prominences. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices., 97 (1937), 531-541.
  24. The Stark effect in stellar spectra. Observatory, 60 (1937), 235-239.
  25. The contours of lines at the extreme limb of the sun. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices., 98 (1937), 3-20.
  26. Non-coherent formation of absorption lines. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices., 98 (1938), 624-632.
  27. Collisions and the theory of radiative equilibrium. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices., 99 (1939), 478-491.
  28. (Abstract) Astrophysical theory. Advancement of Science, 1(1) (1939), 198-199.
  29. The theory of stellar continuous spectra. Observatory, 62 (1939), 294-297.
  30. Convection in the outer layers of the sun. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices., 101 (1941), 52-65.
  31. Convection in the outer layers of the sun and radio fade-outs. Australian Journal of Science, 4 (1942), 111-113.
  32. Note on convection in the sun. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices., 103 (1943), 191-195.
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