Mr Dowbiggin at the Greg Observatory, Williamson Park, Lancaster

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Title

Mr Dowbiggin at the Greg Observatory, Williamson Park, Lancaster

Place

Lancaster

Personal names

James Dowbiggin Albert Greg

General notes

The Greg Observatory in Williamson Park was opened on 27 July 1892.

James Dowbiggin was appointed as the curator in 1902 and retired in 1939.

The observatory was demolished around 1960, it's foundations can still be seen at the Park.
For more information see 'Lancaster's Lost Observatory' by Peter Wade in the Journal of British Astronomical Association 102(3) for 1992. Available online at the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System on the Harvard University website.

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