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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-01-03 human Rebecca Rigby updated 2026-03-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004906b.htm person Nangle James OBE FRAS FRAIA AACR2 28 December 1868 22 February 1941 Architect Educator Astronomer James Nangle was an architect, a renowned educator and accomplished amateur astronomer.

He was heavily involved in restructuring architectural education in New South Wales and also published in journals about the structural properties of Australian stones and timbers. He was an early supporter of concrete and steel as building materials.

Nangle's personal interest in astronomy led him to design and build an observatory for his own use at home in Marrickville.

He was appointed to a committee gathered to reorganise the observational work of the Sydney Observatory (1912) and assisted in redesigning the Observatory buildings in the 1920s.

In 1926 Nangle was elected honorary Government Astronomer.

1880s 1880s Education - Attended University of Sydney and Sydney Technical College 1890 1897 Career position - Instructed in mechanical drawing at the technical education branch of the Department of Public Instruction 1891 1891 Career event - Commenced practicing as an architect 1896 1896 Career position - Member, Royal Society of New South Wales 1896 1896 Career event - Associate of the Institute of Architects of New South Wales 1898 c. 1905 Career position - Instructed in mechanical drawing at Sydney Technical College 1900 1900 Publication - Book: Australian building practice : a treatise for Australian students of building construction 1905 1905 Career position - Member of the British Astronomical Association 1905 1911? Career position - Lecturer-in-charge of the Department of Architecture, Sydney Technical College 1908 1908 Award - Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society of London 1909 1911 Career position - President, New South Wales Branch, British Astronomical Association 1913 1933 Career position - Served as Superintendent of Technical Education 1913 1934 Career position - Member of the Senate of the University of Sydney 1917 1917 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus nanglei R.T. Bak.was named in his honour 1919 1919 Career position - Served as of director of vocational training under the Commonwealth Department of Repatriation 1920 1920 Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire 1920 1921 Career event - President, Royal Society of New South Wales 1921 1921 Career position - Member of the first Board of Architects of New South Wales 1924 1924 Career position - President, Section J (Mental Science and Education), australasian Association for the Advancment of Science 1926 1926 Career event - Appointed honorary government astronomer 1929 1929 Publication - Book: Stars of the southern heavens 1929 1930 Career position - President, New South Wales Branch, British Astronomical Association 1930 1930 Publication - Book: The Sydney Observatory: Its History and Work 1936 1937 Career position - President, Royal Australian Institute of Architects 1937 1937 Award - Fellow, Royal Institute of British Architects Sydney Observatory, Colony and State of New South Wales (1858 - )

Honorary Government Astronomer 1926

 Royal Society of New South Wales (1866 - )

President 1920 - 1921

 The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Member of the Senate 1913 - 1934

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

President, Section J (Mental Science and Education) 1924

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 'Nangle, James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Nangle, James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Nangle, James (1868-1941), architect and educationist Cobb, Joan E. Nangle, James (1868-1941), architect and educationist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle Journal Article: Section J - Mental Science and Education: address by the President. Vocational guidance Nangle, J. Section J - Mental Science and Education: address by the President. Vocational guidance 1924 Report of 17th meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 617-27 Book: The Sydney Observatory: its history and work Nangle, James The Sydney Observatory: its history and work Sydney Sydney Technical College 1930 Book: Stars of the southern heavens Nangle, James Stars of the southern heavens Sydney Halstead Printing 1929 Thesis: Measuring the stars and observing the less visible: Australia's participation in the Astrographic Catalogue and Carte du Ciel Stevenson, T. Measuring the stars and observing the less visible: Australia's participation in the Astrographic Catalogue and Carte du Ciel University of Sydney 2015 Journal Article: Sydney Observatory 1858-1983 Wood, H. Sydney Observatory 1858-1983 1983 Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Australia 5 2 273-281 Journal Article: Obituary: James Nangle Anon Obituary: James Nangle 1942 Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 102:69-70 102 69-70 Book Section: Chapter 15: Engineering education in Sydney Ludlow, Christa; Bowie, Ian; Neville, Pamela Chapter 15: Engineering education in Sydney Crows Nest, New South Wales Engineers Australia 1989 Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney Don Fraser 285-298 Book: A Supplement to Botanists of the Eucalypts (CSIRO, 1978) Hall, Norman A Supplement to Botanists of the Eucalypts (CSIRO, 1978) Canberra CSIRO Division of Forest Research 1979

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