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Macpherson, Hector, 1888-1956

LC control no.n 86865167
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Personal name headingMacpherson, Hector, 1888-1956
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Variant(s)Macpherson, Hector, b. 1888
Macpherson, Hector Copland, 1888-1956
Birth date18880401
Death date19560519
Place of birthEdinburgh (Scotland)
Place of deathEdinburgh (Scotland)
Field of activityAstronomy
Profession or occupationClergy
Found inLCCN 07-20315: His A century's progress in astronomy, 1906 (hdg.: Macpherson, Hector Copland, 1888- ; usage: Hector Macpherson, jun.)
The Times (London, England), Monday, May 21, 1956; Issue 53536, viewed Mar. 3, 2014: pg. 10 (Rev. Hector Macpherson, minister of Guthrie Memorial Church in Edinburgh for nearly 30 years, and author of many popular books on astronomy; died in Edinburgh on Saturday [May 19, 1956] at the age of 68; author of Astronomers of To-Day, 1905 and A Century of Progress in Astronomy, 1906)
Who's who 2009 & who was who WWW site, 12 Oct., 2009 (Macpherson, Rev. Hector, MA, PhD (Edin.), FRAS, FRSE; b. Edinburgh, 1 Apr., 1888; d. 19 May, 1956)
Associated languageeng