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Assistants at the Royal Observatory

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The Royal Observatory Hockey Club, 1934-35.
© National Maritime Museum, London
Repro ID: H6481
Description: The photograph shows the Royal Observatory Hockey Club as it was in 1934-35, with Richard van der Riet Woolley at the centre. Woolley had by this date just started work at the Observatory as Chief Assistant (deputy to the Astronomer Royal). He would leave in 1937 only to return in 1956 as Astronomer Royal.
Creator: unknown
Date: 1934
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London
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