John R. Percy

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Cole of Spyglass Mountain

Cole of Spyglass Mountain, by Arthur Preston Hankins.

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Asteroid (133528) Ceragioli

Roger Ceragioli (b. 1959) was a professional optician and worked for the University of Arizona's Steward Mirror Laboratory, specializing in meter-class optics. His projects include the "90-Prime" focus corrector for the Bok Telescope and the MODS spectrograph for the Large Binocular Telescope. He has designed and built hundreds of optical components during his career. More recently, he has produced designs for commercial companies. His Ph.D. dissertation was on "The lore and poetry of the Dog Star in antiquity".

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Grasslands National Park: DSP at Wood Mountain

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Asteroid (215886) Barryarnold

Barry Arnold (b. 1945), a friend of the discoverer, has been in charge of the optical shop at the University of Alberta for a long time. He has also provided quality optics for the amateur community.
Orbit type: Main Belt
 
Reference: MPC 70411
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Asteroid (7267) Victormeen

In 1950, Victor Ben Meen (1910–1971) identified as an impact structure what is today known as Pingualuit Meteorite Crater, in northern Quebec. His discovery led to the eventual recognition of many other extraterrestrial impact structures, elsewhere on the Canadian Shield, and beyond.
 
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Asteroid (8604) Vanier

Jean Vanier (b. 1928) is a philosopher, theologian, author and teacher. As the founder of two global communities (L´Arche, Faith and Light) for people with intellectual disabilities, he presents a compelling vision of a fully human life, lived in compassionate community.
 
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Corresponding Member: Rev. Norman H. Russell

"The news from India of the death of the Rev. Norman Russell, B.A., at Mhow, India, has been sorrowfully received. His life gave promise of much usefulness. He was born in Toronto, and studied in Toronto University and Manitoba College, where he was graduated in 1890. The same year he was sent to India as a missionary by the Central Presbyterian Church of Toronto.
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Corresponding Member: W. Nelson Greenwood

"Those who take an interest in the scientific side of their profession and particularly so in studying the tides, will hear with deep regret of the death of the Lancaster Harbour Master, Captain W.N. Greenwood, F.R.G.S., who expired suddenly in Lancaster Castle Station. Captain Greenwood was an officer in the Cunard Line before taking up the harbour-mastership which he held for so very many years and, as it afforded him greater leisure, he was able to pursue his studies all the deeper.
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Corresponding Member: Thomas Gwyn Elger

Thomas Gwyn Empy Elger (27 October 1836 – 9 January 1897) was an English lunar mapper and the first director of the Lunar Section of the British Astronomical Association (BAA). Elger was a member of several astronomical associations, such as the Royal Astronomical Society, the short-lived Selenographical Society and the British Astronomical Association. Besides his astronomical work, he was an ardent archaeologist and founded the Bedfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club. He is remembered by the lunar crater Elger.
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