Person
Harris, Bertrand John (1925 - 1975)
- Born
- 2 March 1925
Patcham, Sussex, England - Died
- 23 December 1975
Kalamunda, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Astronomer
Summary
Bertrand Harris was Assistant Government Astronomer in Western Australia from 1957 and Government Astronomer from 1963 and was responsible for the transfer of the Perth Observatory from Mt Eliza to Bickley in the Darling Range during the 1960s.
Archival resources
Perth Observatory
- Bertrand John Harris - Records, 1957 - 1975; Perth Observatory. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Spurling, Muriel; Jennings, P.J., 'Harris, Bertrand John (1925-1974), Astronomer' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 14 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), pp. 329-393. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140447b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21536013. Details
- 'Harris, Bertrand John (19250302-19751223)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469530. Details
See also
- Aroney, M. J.; Buckingham, A. D., 'Raymond James Wood Le Fèvre 1905-1986', Historical Records of Australian Science, 7 (3) (1988), 273-297. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9880730273. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 2 March 2018
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