Talk:City Observatory, Edinburgh

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[edit] Thomas James Henderson

Is the City Observatory the former private observatory of Thomas James Henderson. If it is, the guy deserves at least a mention! If it is not, then the former private observatory on Calton Hill should be mentioned. --Mais oui! 19:56, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Have expanded the page a bit, based on the external link which was there. I think there may be some confusion somewhere between Thomas Henderson and Thomas Short; see the new additions and the reference for info on that. Comparing this with Henderson's article, that article doesn't in fact claim it was his private observatory, but the part about sale of the observatory to the university remains a little odd. Since it's unreferenced over there, I'm going to remove part of the claim from the Henderson article pending some clarification. – Kieran T ^(talk) 12:38, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Minor update: I've found a reference which goes into a bit more detail, with dates: http://www.astronomyedinburgh.org/publications/journals/38/hend.html – Kieran T ^(talk) 12:43, 13 June 2007 (UTC)