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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-05-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001990b.htm person Nossiter Clive AACR2 1877 26 July 1935 Place of Birth St Leonards, New South Wales, England Place of Death Shenton Park, Western Australia, Australia Astronomer Mathematician Photographer Clive Nossiter started at the Perth Observatory January 1901 as a photographer and clerk - principal duty photography of all description, secondary duty was to assist in meteorological computations. He was promoted later to Astronomical Observer and Computer in February 1908 becoming Acting Government Astronomer in 1921. He led the Perth Observatory's 1922 Wallal Expedition to confirm Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, he retired 1924 and died on 24 July 1935. Joscelyne, Henry Maurice Johns, G.F. Curlewis, Harold Burnham (1874 - 1968) Cooke, William Ernest (1863 - 1947) Western Australian Museum (1891 - )

1922 collector of reptile specimens

 Perth Observatory, Colony of Western Australia (1896 - )

Photographer and clerk from January 1901; Astronomical Observer and Computer from 1908;

 'Nossiter, Clive', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Nossiter, Clive Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Perth Observatory - 100 Years of Astronomy Birch, P.V. Perth Observatory - 100 Years of Astronomy 1996 Sky and Space 9 1 20-23 Clive Nossiter - Records Perth Observatory Clive Nossiter - Records 1906 - 1920 Information in the general Observatory files c1906-c1920.