Mr Dowbiggin at the Greg Observatory, Williamson Park, Lancaster

Mr Dowbiggin at the Greg Observatory, Williamson Park, Lancaster
Mr Dowbiggin at the Greg Observatory, Williamson Park, Lancaster
Mr Dowbiggin at the Greg Observatory, Williamson Park, Lancaster
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Mr Dowbiggin at the Greg Observatory, Williamson Park, Lancaster
Lancaster
James Dowbiggin Albert Greg
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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c1940
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