FIRST - astronomical observatory - Premier - observatoire d'astronomie, Fredericton, N.B.
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N 45° 56.882 W 066° 38.448
19T E 682847 N 5090979
In 1851, William Brydone Jack built the first astronomical observatory in what is now Canada. En 1851, William Brydone Jack fit construire le premier observatoire d’astronomie en un endroit qui fait maintenant partie du Canada.
Waymark Code: WMXNV5
Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Date Posted: 02/04/2018
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Text of the plaque / Texte de la plaque:
William Brydone Jack
1819-1886
Born in Scotland and educated at St. Andrew's, Jack came to Fredericton in 1840 as Professor of Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, and Astronomy at King's college. In 1851 he built the first astronomical observatory in what is now Canada and equipped it with the best available instruments. In collaboration with Harvard University, he extablished the correct longitude of Fredericton and several other sites in New Brunswick and corrected errors in the international boundary. As President of the University (1861-65) he succeeded in establishing the young institution upon firm academic foundations. He died at Fredericton.
Né en Ecosse, Jack vint à Fredericton en 1840 pour enseigner les mathématiques, la philosophie naturelle et l’astronomie a King’s College. En 1851, il fit construire le premier observatoire d’astronomie en un endroit qui fait maintenant partie du Canada et le dota des meilleurs instruments du temps. Avec la collaboration de l’Université Harvard, il établit la longitude exact de Fredericton, de plusieurs autres endroits au Nouveau-Brunswick et rectifia la frontière internationale. Président de l’université (1861-1885), il réussit à asseoir la jeune institution sur des bases solides. Il mourut à Fredericton.
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Date of FIRST: 01/01/1851
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