Gifford Observatory is an astronomical observation facility located in the suburb of Mount Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand. Operated by the Gifford...
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(1895-1927). He also helped create an observatory in 1912, which is named the Gifford Observatory in his honour. In 1901 Gifford married Suzie Jones at Oamaru...
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Pickering re-opened the Gifford Observatory as the guest of honour, on 25 March 2002. He had been a frequent user of the observatory during his school days...
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Gifford or Giffords may refer to: Gifford (given name) Gifford (surname) Gabby Giffords (b. 1970), a former United States politician Gifford Peninsula...
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1892 to 1921. Wellington College's Pavilion, Firth House, and the Gifford Observatory were opened on 1 December, 1924. The War Memorial Hall was opened...
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This is a partial list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and...
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Jones, Bessie Z.; Jones, Bessie Zaban; Boyd, Lyle Gifford (1971). The Harvard College Observatory: The First Four Directorships, 1839-1919. Harvard University...
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King Observatory The Thomas King Observatory, looking towards Space Place Thomas King Observatory Dominion Observatory, Wellington Gifford Observatory, also...
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King Observatory to the heritage list as a Category II historic place. Thomas King (astronomer) Thomas Cooke Carter Observatory Gifford Observatory, also...
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College shares with Wellington College the administration of the Gifford Observatory. The architecture of the original building is interwar stripped classical...
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