1866 - 1947
George James Gibbs English Astronomer
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1865
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| Birthplace |
London
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| Died |
22nd February, 1947
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| Nationality |
English
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| Occupation |
Astronomer
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George James Gibbs FRAS (1866 – 22 February 1947) was an astronomer, engineer, inventor and public science lecturer. He invented a heliochronometer ‘which was able to accurately determine GMT to within a minute at any time of the year and at any latitude’, the patrons of which included H.M. The King and most of the large country house gardens of his time in England, including those designed by Lutyens and Mawson. The accuracy of Gibbs's heliochronometer ‘was only truly alleviated with the broadcast of the BBC pips in the 1920s’. He was also responsible for the design and erection of the Jeremiah Horrocks Observatory at Moor Park, Preston, Lancashire and was recognised as one of the leading hydraulic engineers in Lancashire.
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