Herbert Hall Turner
1861 - 1930
- Born
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13 August 1861
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
- Died
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20/08/1930
Sabbatsberg Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 03/06/1897
- Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 36
- Occupation
- Astronomer and seismologist
- Relationships
- Parents: John Turner (bap. 1831, d. 1883), an artist, and Isabella Hall (1840/1–1924), of Hexham. Spouse: Agnes Margaret (1877–1958), daughter of Robert Whyte, a merchant involved in South Africa trade, of Pentland House, Lee (1899) Children: Ruth Turner
- Catalogue
- View catalogue entry
- Wikipedia
- View wikipedia entry
Author of
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Paper, 'Total solar eclipse of 1900 May 28. Preliminary report on the observations made at Bouzaréah (in the grounds of the Algiers Observatory [Algeria])' by H H [Herbert Hall] Turner and H F [Hugh Frank] Newall
Creator: Herbert Hall Turner, Hugh Frank Newall Reference number: AP/80/8 -
Paper, 'On the correction to the equilibrium theory of tides for the continents' by G H [George Howard] Darwin and H H [Herbert Hall] Turner
Creator: George Howard Darwin, Herbert Hall Turner Reference number: PP/8/19
Referee of
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Referee's report by Herbert Hall Turner, on a paper 'The mathematical theory of errors of judgement with especial reference to the personal equation' by Karl Pearson
Creator: Herbert Hall Turner Reference number: RR/15/226 -
Referee's report by Herbert Hall Turner, on a paper 'The distribution of blue and violet light in the corona on August 30, 1905, as derived from photographs taken at Kalaa-es-Senam, Tunisia' by L Becker
Creator: Herbert Hall Turner Reference number: RR/17/6 -
Second referee's report by Herbert Hall Turner, on a paper 'The distribution of blue and violet light in the corona on August 30, 1905, as derived from photographs taken at Kalaa-es-Senam, Tunisia' by L Becker
Creator: Herbert Hall Turner Reference number: RR/17/7 -
Referee's report by Herbert Hall Turner, on a paper 'Report of private expedition to Philippeville, Algeria, to view the total eclipse of the sun, August 30, 1905' by T C Porter and W P Colfox
Creator: Herbert Hall Turner Reference number: RR/17/77 -
Referee's report by Herbert Hall Turner, on a paper 'A new treatment of optical aberrations' by Ralph Allen Sampson
Creator: Herbert Hall Turner Reference number: RR/19/112 -
Referee's report by Herbert Hall Turner, on a paper 'On a cassegrain reflector with corrected field' by Ralph Allen Sampson
Creator: Herbert Hall Turner Reference number: RR/19/114