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Ernest George Martin, an employee of the Royal Observatory (1911-1957).

© National Maritime Museum, London

Repro ID: H6483
Title: Ernest George Martin, an employee of the Royal Observatory (1911-1957).
Description: Ernest George Martin began work at the Observatory as a Computer (a person employed to carry out routine calculations) in 1911. During the First World War he served in the Meteorological Section of the Royal Engineers. He was promoted to Junior Assistant in 1919, and to Senior Experimental Officer in 1948, a post he held until he retired in 1957. He worked under two Astronomers Royal, Frank Dyson and Harold Spencer Jones, and was based in the Solar Department. He is shown here using a spectroscope.
Creator: Frank Dyson
Date: 20th Century

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