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Last Name Wadsworth

Given Name James

alt. Names J. W.

Marriage

Children

Year born 1842

Year died 1905

Place of death Simcoe, Ontario, Canada

Father's occupation

Relatives

Education B.A., M.A., M.B. A school inspector by trade

Country of Activity Canada

Worked for

Patronage Royal Astronomical Society of Canada ;

Collaborators astronomer and draughtswoman -> Cora Beemer ; draughtsman -> E. M. Brook ;

Techniques astronomical drawing

Sample(s) www.rasc.ca/mare-crisium

Archival sources http://www.rasc.ca/category/archivetags/james-wadsworth

Published sources

other J. W. built the 12½" reflector (the largest in Canada at the time) that he used to observe the heavens from his observatory on Talbot Street in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.

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