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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy updated 2026-03-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000375b.htm person Duffield Walter Geoffrey AACR2 12 August 1879 1 August 1929 Place of Birth Gawler, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Mount Stromlo, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Astronomer Walter Duffield was Professor of Physics, Reading University, England 1910-1923 and was appointed the inaugural Director of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory, Mount Stromlo near Canberra, in 1924. He was born in Adelaide and had studied with W.H. Bragg. 1901 Award - Angas Engineering Scholarship, University of Adelaide 1924 1929 Career position - Director, Commonwealth Solar Observatory 1925 1925 Career event - Elected Member (Physics), Australian National Research Council Commonwealth Solar Observatory, Commonwealth of Australia (1924 - c. 1950)

Director 1924 - 1929

 Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Member (Physics) 1925 -

 Angas Engineering Scholarship (1878 - )

Awarded the Scholarship 1901

 Bragg, William Henry (1862 - 1942)

Student at University of Adelaide, BSc 1900

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 Duffield, Walter Geoffrey (18790812-19290801)

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 'Duffield, Walter Geoffrey', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Duffield, Walter Geoffrey Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Duffield, Walter Geoffrey (1879-1929), astronomer Allen, C. W. Duffield, Walter Geoffrey (1879-1929), astronomer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 351 Resource Section: Duffield, Walter Geoffrey Duffield, Walter Geoffrey Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Journal Article: Science and Government in Australia 1905-14: Geoffrey Duffield and the Foundation of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory Love, Rosaleen Science and Government in Australia 1905-14: Geoffrey Duffield and the Foundation of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory 1985 Historical Records of Australian Science 6 2 171-189 Journal Article: Four Nineteenth Century Graduates Edgeloe, V. A. Four Nineteenth Century Graduates 1986 Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia 14 137-148 Resource: Walter Geoffrey Duffield Guide to Records McCarthy, Gavan; Sankey, Howard Walter Geoffrey Duffield Guide to Records Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2004 Book: The Papers of Walter Geoffrey Duffield (1879-1929) McCarthy, Gavan; Sankey, Howard The Papers of Walter Geoffrey Duffield (1879-1929) Melbourne Australian Science Archives Project 1987 Book: Mt Stromlo Observatory: From Bush Observatory to the Nobel Prize Bhathal, Ragbir, Sutherland, Ralph and Butcher, Harvey Mt Stromlo Observatory: From Bush Observatory to the Nobel Prize Collingwood (Vic.) CSIRO 2013 Newspaper Article: The Angas Scholars The Angas Scholars 1924 The Register (Adelaide) 9 Journal Article: Archives reveal how early 'science communicator' raised funding for solar observatory Anon Archives reveal how early 'science communicator' raised funding for solar observatory 2024 Newsletter, Australian Academy of Science 188 Journal Article: How Mount Stromlo Observatory shed its imperial beginnings Bhathal, Ragbir How Mount Stromlo Observatory shed its imperial beginnings 2014 A&G: News and Reviews in Astronomy & Geophysics 55 6 6.33-6.35 Walter Geoffrey Duffield - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Walter Geoffrey Duffield - Records MS 095 1880 - 1987 Personal records 1880-1983, most 1890s-1920s including biographical material 1896-1983; published articles and other writings 1894-1928; family records 1906-60; material on the Solar Physics Observatory, Mt Stromlo 1880-1967; University of Reading 1910-1983; notes, correspondence and press cuttings 1906-27; photographs 1880-1920; audio recording 1987 [116 cm, MS 95]. 1.16 m, 10 boxes Audio, Photographs Mount Stromlo Observatory Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Mount Stromlo Observatory MS 037 1936 - 1956 Report of the Board of Visitors of the Commonwealth Observatory, 1940-1954; MS diary kept at the Observatory by W. B. Rimmer, 1936-1950; MS diary kept by A. R. Hogg and C. W. Allen, 1951-1956; two photographs of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory, 1940; letter, photograph of W. G. Duffield, to A. R. Hogg. 0.16 m, 2 boxes