Person Todd; Sir; Charles (1826 - 1910) Todd Charles Sir 1826 - 1910 British Male Islington, London, England 07 July 1826 Adelaide, Australia 29/01/1910 19100129 Burial: Adelaide, Australia

Adelaide Observatory, South Australia

Education: MA (Camb) Career: Supernumerary Computer, Royal Observatory, Greenwich (1841-47); Assistant Observer, Adelaide, South Australia (1848-1854); Director, Adelaide Observatory (1855-1906); Postmaster-General, Superintendent of Telegraphs, and Government Astronomer; organized meteorological service and telegraphic system Honours: CMG 1872; KCMG 1893 Memberships: FRAS Elder son of George Todd, grocer, of Greenwich; married (1855) Alice Gillam, daughter of Edward Bell of Cambridge; father-in-law of Sir William Henry Bragg (FRS 1907) Fellow 06/06/1889 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series A 1911 vol 85 pp xiii-xvii signed by W H B References: John G Jenkin, 'The Appointment of W H Bragg, FRS, to the University of Adelaide' in NR 1985-86 vol 40 pp 75-99 Notes: See Conservation record International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 7 Jul 1826 - 29 Jan 1910 NA8291 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 61b981f4-e97c-4400-875d-80040f102aa8