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Duffield, Walter Geoffrey (1879 - 1929) |
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| Born: 12 August 1879 Gawler, South Australia, Australia. Died: 1 August 1929 Mount Stromlo, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. | |||
| Walter Geoffrey Duffield was Professor of Physics, Reading University, England 1910-23 and was appointed the inaugural Director of the Solar Physics Observatory, Mount Stromlo near Canberra, in 1924. He was born in Adelaide and had studied with W.H. Bragg. |
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