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Davidson, George, 1825-1911.
George Davidson papers, circa 1845-1911.
Collection includes biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, field notebooks, coast survey documents, manuscripts, geological drawings, transit of Venus materials, 19th century lectures by Davidson, Lick Observatory materials and maps.
Davidson was a geodesist, astronomer, geographer and engineer. He was chief of the U.S. Coast Survey on the Pacific Coast from 1868-1895, and President of the California Academy of Sciences from 1872-1886. He was appointed Professor of Astronomy and Geodesy at the University of California, and became a Regent of the University from 1877 to 1885, and Professor of Geography from 1889-1905. He was instrumental in popularizing astronomy on the West Coast and made his private observatory in Lafayette Park, San Francisco available to the scientific community and the public.
Davidson, George, 1825-1911.
Astronomy.
Engineering.
Geodesy.
Geography.
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