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Small Collections
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Andrew David Thackeray |
| Reference |
SC/ThackerayAD |
| Covering Dates |
1973–2002 |
| Extent and Medium |
1 file; paper |
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Professor Andrew David Thackeray (1910-78, KC 1929) was an astronomer who discovered dense dust clouds, later known as Thackeray's Globules, in 1950. His research led to a revision of the accepted age of the universe.
Posthumous materials.
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| Index Terms |
| Thackeray, Andrew David (1910-1978) astronomer |
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Obituaries, photographs and scientific information. This file includes obituary notices, information about Thackeray's Globules, photocopy photographs, and a copy print of a family photograph with identification of the Thackeray family in Pretoria, 1973. To request this document please use call mark: Misc. 30/52. 14 items in envelope; paper. |
1973–2002 |
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