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The End of an Era: A Welcome and Well-Earned Retirement

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John Tebbutt

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Abstract

At the end of 1903, John Tebbutt decided to retire, after a 50-year involvement in observational astronomy. However, this turned out to be a ‘Clayton’s retirement’, for he continued his astronomical and meteorological observations—albeit on a much reduced scale—almost up to the date of his death in 1916.

In this chapter, we review the lead up to Tebbutt’s retirement, his post-retirement astronomical observations, his international reputation as an astronomer and the various honours that he received during his twilight years and posthumously—including the naming of a lunar crater after him in 1973. Finally, we examine Tebbutt’s position in the interesting interplay between ‘metropolitan’ and ‘colonial’ initiatives in the nineteenth century Australian science.

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    The following abbreviation is used:

    TL = Letters to J. Tebbutt, bound manuscript letters in the Mitchell Library, Sydney.

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I wish to thank Alan Flint (formerly Reserve Bank, Note Printing Branch), Professor Nick Lomb (University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba) and staff at the Mitchell Library (Sydney) for their assistance in various ways, and the Mitchell Library and the late Sir Patrick Moore (Selsey, England) for kindly providing Figs. 14.5 and 14.16.

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Orchiston, W. (2017). The End of an Era: A Welcome and Well-Earned Retirement. In: John Tebbutt. Historical & Cultural Astronomy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44521-2_14

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