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William H. Wehlau fonds [textual record]

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Fonds

Date:

[ca. 1953]-1996.

Reference:

R7941-0-2-E, MG31-J46

Type of material:

Textual material

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Item ID number:

107243

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William H. Wehlau fonds
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Fonds includes:

4 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

[ca. 1953]-1996.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

1.08 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of William H. Wehlau's astronomical articles on star composition and form, 1953-1995; his correspondence with five fellow astronomers, 1973-1995; Wehlau's files on the National Advisory Committee on Astronomy, the NRC Associate Committee on Astronomy and its subcommittees, 1970-1990, plus other committees on telescope projects; submissions to and reports by the Privy Council Science Secretariat's Working Group on Astronomy, 1968; and miscellaneous subject files.

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Wehlau, William H., 1926-1995

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Wehlau, William H., 1926-1995 : William H. Wehlau was born in San Francisco in 1926. He received his education at the University of California at Berkeley, obtaining his PhD in 1953. Following two years at the Warner-Swasey Observatory in Cleveland, Ohio, he went to the University of Western Ontario as a National Research Council (NRC) Postdoctoral Fellow. In 1957 he became an assistant professor of mathematics and astronomy, and a full professor in 1961. In 1966 he started the UWO's Department of Astronomy and remained its head until his retirement in 1991. Wehlau specialized in the study of solar astrophysics using innovative methods such as light variability, spectrographic analysis and Doppler imaging. He was a recognized world expert on rapidly oscillating Ap stars.

Wehlau was a member of the National Advisory Committee on Astronomy, the NRC Associate Committee on Astronomy from 1967 to 1982 and its chairman from 1979 to 1982. He also completed a major review of Canadian astronomy for the Science Secretariat of the Privy Council in 1968. Wehlau was involved with major Canadian optical telescope projects including the proposed Queen Elizabeth II telescope in B.C., and the Canada-France-Hawaii and Gemini Twin telescopes. Wehlau died suddenly on 23 February 1995.

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Textual records (Electronic) Finding aid is a file list of volumes 1 to 6 MSS2108 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000633.pdf

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General note:

Acquired in 1996 from Prof. Amelia Wehlau of London, Ont.
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Astronomy - Canada University of Western Ontario. Dept. of Astronomy

Astronomy - USSR University of Western Ontario. Observatories

Astronomy - Research Canada. Dept. of Energy Mines and Resources. National Advisory Committee on Astronomy

Doppler Imaging National Research Council Canada. Associate Committee on Astronomy, 1970-1990

Fourier Transform Spectroscopy Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Gemini Twin 8 Metre Telescope Review Committee

Photometry, Astronomical Queen Elizabeth II Telescope (never built)

Telescopes - Canada Mount Kobau, British Columbia

Telescopes - University of Western Ontario A.B. Sanderson Co. Ltd

Telescopes - Queen Elizabeth II Western Telescope for Astronomical Research (Westar), 1964-1986

Telescopes - Canada-France-Hawaii Canada. Privy Council. Science Secretariat. Working Group on Astronomy, 1968

Telescopes - USSR Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope

Telescopes - University of Toronto Kokhlova, Vera, 1979-1991

Matthews, Jaymie M., 1982-1993

Rice, John, 1975-1995

Strassmeier, Klaus G., 1989-1995

Wehlau, Amelia, 1956-1959
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Private

Related control no.:

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1996-03025-6
1996-03030-2
1996/0117
1996/0132

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MG31-J46
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[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 2108] 153

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