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	Astronomy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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		Airy was appointed Plumian Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge and Director of the Cambridge Observatory.
		Peurbach was served as professor of astronomy at the University of Vienna.
		Given Wilczynski's interests, it is not surprising that Sperry worked on geometry and astronomy for her doctorate which was awarded in 1916 for the thesis Properties of a certain projectively defined two-parameter family of curves on a general surface in 1916.
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	Historical Astronomical Posts in Britain and Ireland
		The Astronomy Technology Centre and the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Edinburgh today together form the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, with the overall operation of the institution under the aupices of the University of Edinburgh.
		The Plumian Chair of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy was established at the University of Cambridge in 1707.
		Pearce, Professor of Mathematics, held overall responsibility for the observatory from 1871 to 1895.
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	Annual Report: Awards & Prizes
		Professor John Barrow, from the Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics, was awarded an Honorary DSc from the University of Hertfordshire; Professor Dan McKenzie, of the Department of Earth Sciences, received an Honorary DSc from the University of Bristol.
		Professor Burt Totaro, University Lecturer in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, was elected Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry.
		Professor Andrew Pollard, formerly Professor of Education at the University of Bristol, was appointed Professor of Primary Education.
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		Also related to geometry was the two works he wrote on optics, although he followed the usual practice of the time and confused the theory of light and the theory of vision.
		Delone's interests in the geometry of numbers and the structure of crystals soon began to attract Aleksandrov at least as much as his work in physics which was supervised by V A Fok.
		Aleksandrov was appointed as Professor of Geometry at Leningrad University in 1937.
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		He became professor of mathematics at the University of St Andrews, Fife in 1858, Lowndean professor of astronomy and geometry at Cambridge between 1859-92, and director of Cambridge observatory between 1861-92.
		Hawking was born in Oxford, studied at Oxford and Cambridge, and became professor of mathematics at Cambridge in 1979.
		As professor of mathematics at Cambridge he worked on his famous Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, which supplied a complete proof of the law of gravitation.
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	Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Lowndean chair of Astronomy and Geometry is one of the two major Professorships in (The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole) Astronomy at (A university in England) Cambridge University, alongside the (additional info and facts about Plumian Professorship) Plumian Professorship.
		It was founded in 1749 by (additional info and facts about Thomas Lowndes) Thomas Lowndes, an (A physicist who studies astronomy) astronomer from (additional info and facts about Overton) Overton in (additional info and facts about Cheshire) Cheshire.
		The original bequest stated that the holder must give two courses of twenty lectures each year, one in astronomy, and the other in (The pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces) geometry, and spend at least six weeks making astronomical observations.
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		The study of astronomy, in the sense in which we understand the word, may be said to have commenced under the reign of the Ptolemies at Alexandria.
		Such being the generally accepted notion, it seemed to follow that a professor who was charged with the duty of expounding the movements of the heavenly bodies must necessarily be looked to for the purpose of deciphering the celestial decrees regarding the fate of man which the heavenly luminaries were designed to announce.
		For the first time in the history of astronomy the principle was laid down that the movement of a planet could not be represented by a circle, nor even by combinations of circles, but that it could be represented by an elliptic path.
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	Sir Robert Ball and Victorian astronomical controversies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		His role as one who communicated astronomy to the public and made it appear a valid pursuit was important for scientists in other disciplines as well, at a time when the issue of endowed research was becoming important.
		When he was appointed Andrews Professor of Astronomy in Trinity College in 1874, Ball also became the Director of Trinity's observatory at Dunsink, north of Dublin, and acquired the title of Astronomer Royal for Ireland.
		Robert Ball was described in 1905 as "in practical astronomy a master; he is one of our highest authorities in speculative astronomy; while his reputation as a mathematician is almost as high as that as an astronomer".
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	ipedia.com: List of Professorships at the University of Cambridge Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		During the early history of the University of Cambridge, the title professor simply denoted a doctor who taught in the university, a usage that continues to be found in, for example, US universities.
		However, from the 16th century onwards in Cambridge it was used to denote those holding "chairs" that had been founded by the university in a particular subject or endowed by a benefaction.
		Mary Marshall and Arthur Walton Professor of the Physiology of Reproduction, 1967
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	. English Prose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		LL.D. Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry in the University of Cambridge Author of "In Starry Realms" "In the High Heavens" etc. [PLATE: GREENWICH OBSERVATORY.] PREFACE.
		There are many types of astronomers--from the stargazer who merely watches the heavens, to the abstract mathematician who merely works at his desk; it has, consequently, been necessary in the case of some lives to adopt a very different treatment from that which seemed suitable for others.
		For many of the facts contained in the sketch of the late Professor Adams, I am indebted to the obituary notice written by my friend Dr. J.
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	Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry
		The Lowndean chair of Astronomy and Geometry is one of the two major Professorships in Astronomy at Cambridge University, alongside the Plumian Professorship.
		The original bequest stated that the holder must give two courses of twenty lectures each year, one in astronomy, and the other in geometry, and spend at least six weeks making astronomical observations.
		Originally the holder was elected by a committee consisting of the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Privy Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the Lord Steward of the Household, and the Lord High Treasurer of the First Lord of the Treasury.
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	Persons in Astronomy - SpaceTides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He was involved in numerous university projects concerning astronomy, lectured classes and was involved in the construction of an Observatory in New Mexico.
		He was a professor of geophysics and meteorology at Hamburg from 1919 to 1924 and taught at the University of Graz from 1924 to 1930.
		He became Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at Cambridge and was appointed Director of the Cambridge Observatory in 1861.
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	Tidal correspondents of the nineteenth
		He occupied the chair of mathematics in the university of St. Andrews during the session of 1858-9, vacating it in consequence of his election, late in 1858, to succeed George Peacock [q.v.] as Lowndean professor of astronomy and geometry at Cambridge.
		In 1864, however, he was appointed professor of applied mathematics to the advanced class of artillery officers at Woolwich, which afterwards developed into the Royal Artillery College.
		He was the eldest son of Samuel Hunter Christie, professor of mathematics at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and secretary of the Royal Society from 1837 to 1854, of Killarney.
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	ADAMS, JOHN (1735—1826) - Online Information article about ADAMS, JOHN (1735—1826)
		PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)
		Professor Challis, the director of the Cambridge See also:
		discovery of errors or fallacies in the work of his great predecessors in astronomy.
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		It seems there is widespread dissatisfaction with the way basic research is financed at the European level, but it is highly contentious whether creating such a research council would be the right step to take.
		It was a truly pioneering work and set the stage for the explosive development of algebraic geometry in the post-war period.
		Here he eventually became Lowndean Professor of astronomy and geometry and Master of Pembroke College.
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	Adams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It was Le Verrier's prediction which led to the discovery of Neptune on September 23, 1846 by Galle at the Berlin Observatory.
		In 1859 he succeeded Peacock as Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at Cambridge and held the post for over 32 years.
		Adams's made many other contributions to astronomy, notably his studies of the Leonid meteor shower (1866) where he showed that the orbit of the meteor shower was very similar to that of a comet.
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		Among historians of astronomy, the reputation of Wilhelm IV rests primarily on his foundation of the Kassel Observatory and his construction of a new star catalogue, which was undertaken with the help of some of the finest instruments then in existence and which had an accuracy of nearly 1 minute of an arc.
		This is therefore an attempt to elucidate the competitions and exchanges between different genres of geographical knowledge that occurred in the process of colonialism.
		After positions at the Royal College of Science in Dublin and the Dunsink Observatory, Ball became Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry, as well as Director of the University Observatory, at Cambridge in 1892.
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	Ball_Robert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Royal Astronomer was based at Dunsink Observatory, 8 km north of Dublin, where Ball had met Hamilton when he (Ball) was a young man. Ball was appointed Royal Astronomer of Ireland and to the Andrews Chair of Astronomy of Trinity College Dublin after successfully submitting a seven-page printed application for these positions.
		We shall obtain a glimpse of what that evolution has been, in the mighty chapter of the book of Nature on which we are now to enter.
		In 1892 John Couch Adams, the Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at Cambridge and the director of the Cambridge Observatory, died.
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	Janus: Papers of John Couch Adams
		Adams was born at Lidcot farm, Cornwall, in 1819, the eldest son of a tenant farmer.
		He developed an early interest in astronomy and in 1831 was sent to his cousin's academy, where he distinguished himself in classics and spent his spare time on astronomy and mathematics.
		In 1858 Adams became Professor of Mathematics at St Andrew's University but returned to Cambridge in 1859 to become Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry.
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	Hodge
		This work marked an important change in direction for the Cambridge school of geometry which, under Baker's leadership, had become somewhat isolated from other areas of mathematics.
		He continued to work at Cambridge during World War II, but took on extra duties to compensate for the shortage of staff who were away in the forces; in particular he acted as bursar of Pembroke.
		in recognition of his pioneering work in algebraic geometry, notably in his theory of harmonic integrals.
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	Great Astronomers by R. S. Ball - Full Text Free Book (Part 1/5)
		course of lectures on astronomy in the University of Copenhagen.
		Professor of Mathematics at the University of Pisa.
		were to inaugurate the new era in astronomy.
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	AllRefer.com - John Couch Adams (Astronomy, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		By mathematical calculation based on irregularities in the motion of Uranus, he predicted the position of the then unknown planet Neptune.
		Because of delay in England in making a telescopic search for the planet, the credit for the discovery went to a Frenchman, Leverrier.
		In 1858, Adams became professor of mathematics at St. Andrews Univ., but he soon returned to Cambridge, to occupy the Lowndean chair of astronomy and geometry until his death.
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	John Couch Adams -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		After being made professor of mathematics at the University of St. Andrews (Fife) in 1858 and Lowndean professor of astronomy and geometry at Cambridge in 1859, he became director of Cambridge Observatory in 1861.
		Bouvard's tables accurately predicted orbital locations of Jupiter and Saturn, but his tables for Uranus failed, leading him to hypothesize that irregularities in Uranus' motion were caused by the...
		British clergyman and astronomer, famous in the history of astronomy for his failure to discover the planet Neptune.
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	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 96021456 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The author's detailed lecture notes have enabled volume editors Zafer Mahmud and Mamoru Mimura to preserve the substance and character of Adams's work.
		Because Lie groups form a staple of most mathematics graduate students' diets, this work on exceptional Lie groups should appeal to many of them, as well as to researchers of algebraic geometry and topology.
		Frank Adams was Lowndean professor of astronomy and geometry at the University of Cambridge.
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	Adams_Frank
		It was apparently brought on by the worry caused by his responsibilities as head of department...
		Hodge as Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at Cambridge.
		His research continued to be of fundamental importance in homotopy theory of the classifying spaces of
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	Baker
		Cayley Lectureship in Mathematics, then from 1914 until he retired in 1936 he was Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry.
		Volume 4 considers higher dimensions, mainly dimensions four and five, while the final two volumes cover the analytical principles of the theory of curves and the theory of algebraic surfaces and higher loci.
		Properly pursued it is the essence and soul of them all.
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	Lectures on Exceptional Lie Groups And 10" Youth Baseball / Softball Glove
		Because Lie groups form a staple of most mathematics graduate students' diets, this work on exceptional Lie groups should appeal to many of them, as well as to researchers of algebraic geometry and topology.
		J. Frank Adams was Lowndean professor of astronomy and geometry at the University of Cambridge.
		The University of Chicago Press published his "Lectures on Lie Groups and has reprinted his "Stable Homotopy and Generalized Homology.
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