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Contemporary account for the Dyson years (1894–1905 & 1910–1933)

 

Date: 1894–1905 & 1910–1933
Author: Margaret Wilson (nee Dyson), daughter of the Astronomer Royal Frank Dyson
Title: Ninth Astronomer Royal, A Life of Frank Watson Dyson
About: Born in 1899, Margaret Dyson lived at the Observatory until 1905 and then again from 1910 until she got married in 1924. In this biography of her father, she draws on a variety of sources, presenting more than anything, a behind the scenes look at life in the Dyson household.
Images: Numerous



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