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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2024-12-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002679b.htm person Rimmer William Bolton OBE AACR2 9 November 1882 2 July 1943 Place of Birth Fazakerley, Lancashire, England Place of Death Mount Stromlo, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Astronomer William Rimmer was one of the four first astronomers at the Commonwealth Solar Observatory, Mount Stromlo, Canberra, when it was established in 1924. From 1929-1939 he was Acting Officer-in-charge of CSO, taking over after Duffield's sudden death in 1929.

Born 9 November 1882. Died ca 1943. Spectroscopic research, Imperial College of Science, London 1919-21, Research Assistant, Norman Lockyer Observatory, Devon 1921-24, astronomer, Commonwealth Solar Observatory, Mount Stromlo, Canberra 1924-29, Acting Officer-in-charge 1929-39.

1924 1929 Career position - Astronomer, Commonwealth Solar Observatory 1929 1939 Career position - Acting Officer-in-Charge, Commonwealth Solar Observatory 1938 1938 Award - Officer of the Order of the Brirish Empire (OBE) 1940 1941 Career position - President, Royal Society of Australia Royal Society of Australia (1931 - 1955)

President 1940 - 1941

 Commonwealth Solar Observatory, Commonwealth of Australia (1924 - c. 1950)

Acting Officer-in-Charge 1929 - 1939

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 'Rimmer, William Bolton', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Rimmer, William Bolton Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Obituary: William Bolton Rimmer Obituary: William Bolton Rimmer 1945 Australian Journal of Science 8 2-3 71-72 Book Section: Rimmer, William Bolton (1882-1945), astronomer and public servant Gascoigne, S. C. B. Rimmer, William Bolton (1882-1945), astronomer and public servant Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2002 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z John Ritchie and Diane Langmore 94-95 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 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