Richard van der Riet Woolley OBE FRS (1906 - 1986)

Born 24 Apr 1906 in Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom

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Died 24 Dec 1986 at age 80 in Somerset West, Cape, South Africa

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Richard Woolley OBE FRS is Notable.

Richard Woolley OBE FRS was born in England.

Sir Richard van der Riet Woolley OBE FRS was an astronomer who became the eleventh Astronomer Royal, and was the director of the principal observatories in Australia, Britain and South Africa.

Richard was born in 1906. He was the son of Charles Woolley and Julia van der Riet. He passed away in 1986.

Biographies can be seen at Wikipedia,^[1] and at Australian Dictionary of Biography.^[2] A biographical memoir can be seen on the Australian Academy of Science's website.^[3]

Sources

• Christopher Wellman-Herold. Herold, Woolley & van der Riet Family tree research. April 2019. Information shared via email with Tracy Frayne.
• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWQM-73T : 3 July 2019), Richard Vanderkiet Woolley in household of Charles E J Woolley, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
• Wikipedia contributors, "1963 New Year Honours," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1963_New_Year_Honours&oldid=1011703299 (accessed May 27, 2021).
• Richard van der Riet Woolley From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sir Richard van der Riet Woolley

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Richard van der Riet Woolley," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_van_der_Riet_Woolley&oldid=1013960619 (accessed May 27, 2021).
2. ↑ S. C. B. Gascoigne, 'Woolley, Sir Richard Van Der Riet (1906–1986)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/woolley-sir-richard-van-der-riet-15390/text26597, published first in hardcopy 2012, accessed online 27 May 2021.
3. ↑ Sir William McCrea, "Richard van der Riet Woolley 1906-1986", Australian Academy of Science, Biographical Memoirs of Deceased Fellows, Australian Science Archives Project https://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/aasmemoirs/woolley.htm (accessed June 2, 2021).