Sir Richard van der Riet Woolley (April 24, 1906 – December 24, 1986) was a British astronomer. His mother's maiden name was Van der Riet. April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ...

He moved to South Africa when his parents retired there and got a degree from the University of Cape Town. He returned to Britain and studied at Cambridge University. After two years at Mount Wilson Observatory he again returned to Britain in 1931. Jameson Hall, the most famous building of University of Cape Town main campus The University of Cape Town is a major tertiary education institution in Cape Town, South Africa. ... REDIRECT [1] ... The Mount Wilson Observatory (MWO) is an astronomical observatory in Los Angeles County, California. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

He specialized in solar astronomy and in 1939 he was appointed director of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory in Canberra, Australia. He later returned to Britain to take up his appointment as Astronomer Royal from 1956–1971. He moved the Royal Greenwich Observatory from Greenwich to Herstmonceux. 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... For other meanings see Canberra (disambiguation). ... Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Royal Observatory, Greenwich The original site of the Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO), which was built as a workplace for the Astronomer Royal, was on a hill in Greenwich Park in Greenwich, London, overlooking the River Thames. ... Greenwich (pronounced gren-itch , or by the locals) is a town, now part of the south eastern urban sprawl of London, on the south bank of the river Thames in the London Borough of Greenwich. ... Herstmonceux Castle Herstmonceux is a village in the county of East Sussex in the South East of England. ...

He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1971. From 1972 to 1976 he was director of the new South African Astronomical Observatory. He retired in the late 1970s and spent most of his retirement in South Africa. The Gold Medal is the highest award of the Royal Astronomical Society. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The South African Astronomical Observatory is an observatory located in South Africa. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ...

Sir Harold Spencer Jones (March 29, 1890 – November 3, 1960) was a British astronomer. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Sir Martin Ryle (September 27, 1918 – October 14, 1984) was a British radio astronomer who developed revolutionary radio telescope systems (see e. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...