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Finlay, William Henry

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Born Liverpool, England, 17 June 1849

Died Cape Town, South Africa, 7 December 1924

While working as Edward Stone ’s first assistant at the Royal Observatory, Cape Town, William Finlay discovered the great September comet of 1882 (C/1882 R1).

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  • “William Henry Finlay.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 85 (1925): 309–310.

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  1. Department of Earth Science, University of Northern Iowa, Latham 112, Cedar Falls, IA, 50614, USA

    Thomas Hockey

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  1. Department of Earth Science, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, USA

    Thomas Hockey

  2. University of California, Irvine School of Physical Sciences, Irvine, CA, USA

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  3. Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

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Hockey, T. (2014). Finlay, William Henry. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_454

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