See also

Richard van der Riet Woolley (1906-1986)

  • Name:

  • Richard van der Riet Woolley

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Charles Edward Allen Woolley (1863-1940)

  • Mother:

  • Julia Marian Marguerite van der Riet (1872-1944)

  • Note:

  • Eleventh astronomer royal and director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO) at Herstmonceaux, Sussex, from 1956 to 1971.

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 24 Apr 1906

  • Weymouth, Dorset

  • Death:

  • 24 Dec 1986 (age 80)

  • Somerset West, Cape Province, South Africa

Individual Note

Eleventh astronomer royal and director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO) at Herstmonceaux, Sussex, from 1956 to 1971.