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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-02-15 human Helen Cohn updated 2024-02-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007342b.htm person Peel Charlotte Emily Fforde AACR2 1876 1974 Place of Birth Australia Place of Death Caulfield, Victoria, Australia Astronomical observer Charlotte Peel was a computer at the Melbourne Observatory for 20 years from 1898. She was one of the first six women employed as measurers for the Observatory's contribution to the Astrographic Catalogue, a collaborative international program to produce an all-sky star map. Having passed the public service entrance examination in 1896, Peel taught briefly the Patyah School before transferring to the Observatory. In time she rose to a supervisory position, calibrating instruments and overseeing the work of her fellow computers. In 1913 she was selected to assist Joseph Baldwin, then Chief Assistant at the Observatory, in observations of Comet C/1913 YI, one of the brightest comets of the 20th-century. On her marriage in 1918 Peel was required to resign her position at the Observatory. 1896 1896 Career event - Passed the Victorian State Government public service examination for non-clerical positions and switch operators 1897 1898 Career position - Teacher, Patyah School, Victoria 1898 1918 Career position - Assistant astronomical computer, Melbourne Observatory 1918 1918 Career event - Resigned Lewis, Lillian Emblad (1878 - ) Baldwin, Joseph Mason (1878 - 1945) Melbourne Observatory, Colony and State of Victoria (1863 - 1944)

Assistant astronomical computer 1898 - 1918

 'Peel, Charlotte Emily Fforde', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Peel, Charlotte Emily Fforde Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Comet observations made in 1914 and 1915 at the Melbourne Observatory Baldwin, J. Comet observations made in 1914 and 1915 at the Melbourne Observatory 1917 Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 77 474-7 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 Article: Making visible the first women in astronomy in Australia: the measurers and computers employed for the astrographic catalogue Stevenson, T. Making visible the first women in astronomy in Australia: the measurers and computers employed for the astrographic catalogue 2014 Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 31 1-10 Journal Article: Melbourne Observatory's astrographic women: star measurers and computers Stevenson, Toner Melbourne Observatory's astrographic women: star measurers and computers 2023 Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 26 2 325-38