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Leonard Stanley Theodore Symms, an employee of the Royal Observatory (1913-1950s).

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Repro ID: H6492
Title: Leonard Stanley Theodore Symms, an employee of the Royal Observatory (1913-1950s).
Description: Leonard Stanley Theodore Symms began work at the Observatory as a computer (a person employed to carry out routine calculations) in 1913. In 1915 he left for military service ,serving in the Royal Field Artillery, 238th Brigade. He was promoted to Junior Assistant in 1921, to Senior Scientific Officer in 1948 and to Principal Scientific Officer in 1949. He worked under two Astronomers Royal, Frank Dyson and Harold Spencer Jones, and was based in the Time Department. He is shown with the Airy Transit Instrument, the telescope that defines and marks the Greenwich Meridian.
Creator: Frank Dyson
Date: 20th century

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