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Harold William Newton, an employee of the Royal Observatory (1910-1955).

© National Maritime Museum, London

Repro ID: H6485
Title: Harold William Newton, an employee of the Royal Observatory (1910-1955).
Description: Harold William Newton began work at the Observatory as a temporary computer (a person employed to carry out routine calculations) in 1910. He was promoted to Junior Assistant in 1913, and returned to the post after a short stint in the Meteorological Section of the Royal Engineers during the First World War. In 1948 he was promoted to Principal Scientific Officer, a post he held until he retired in 1955. He worked under two Astronomers Royal, Frank Dyson and Harold Spencer Jones, and was based in the Solar Department. He is photographed here with a telescope (possibly the Thompson 26-inch refractor).
Creator: Frank Dyson
Date: 20th Century

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