Arthur Matthew Weld Downing
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1850 – 1917
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Who was Arthur Matthew Weld Downing?
Arthur Matthew Weld Downing was a British astronomer.
He was born in Carlow, Ireland.
He became an assistant at the Royal Greenwich Observatory in 1873. He became superintendent of HM Nautical Almanac Office from 1891 to 1910. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June 1896
He collaborated with his U.S. counterpart Simon Newcomb in establishing an international standard for astronomical constants.
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