William Maximilian Lindley: Fifth Director of the BAA Variable Star Section
History and Philosophy of Physics
2011-04-11 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Abstract
William Maximilian Lindley, MC, MA, FRAS, AMICE (1891-1972) served as fifth Director of the BAA Variable Star Section from 1939 to 1958. He was an active variable star observer for many years and he wrote numerous publications on the observations made by Section members. This paper discusses Lindley's life and work, with a particular focus on his contribution to variable star astronomy.
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@article{arxiv.1104.1557,
title = {William Maximilian Lindley: Fifth Director of the BAA Variable Star Section},
author = {Jeremy Shears},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.1557},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
33 pages, 23 figures. Accepted for publication the Journal of the British Astronomical Association