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Heard, John Frederick, 1907-, interviewee.
Oral history interview with John Heard, 1976 May 13.
Covers his university education through Directorship of the David Dunlap Observatory, ca. 1925-1975. Comments on his studies at the University of Western Ontario, McGill, London, and the Greenwich Observatory. Discusses the history of the David Dunlap Observatory, Clarence Augustus Chant, and the Dept. of Astronomy, with reference to its faculty, students and relations with the Observatory. includes comments on appointments, promotions and tenure, salaries and allowances, and the effect of Sputnik I on research grants.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Astronomy, University of Toronto.
McGill University
University of Toronto. Dept. of Astronomy -- Faculty.
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Astronomers. lcsh
David Dunlap Observatory
Royal Greenwich Observatory
Sputnik satellites
Schatzker, Valerie interviewer.
University of Toronto Oral History Project.
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University of Toronto. University Archives. 120 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A5, Canada
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