Harold Spencer Jones

Sir Harold Spencer Jones KBE FRS (29 March 1890 Kensington, London – 3 November 1960) was an English astronomer. He became renowned as an authority on positional astronomy and served as Astronomer Royal for 23 years. Although born "Jones", his surname became "Spencer Jones".

Early life

Harold Spencer Jones was born in Kensington, London, on 29 March 1890. His father was an accountant and his mother had earlier worked as a school teacher. He was educated at Latymer Upper School, in Hammersmith, West London, from where he obtained a scholarship to Jesus College, Cambridge. He graduated there in 1911, and was awarded a postgraduate studentship. He subsequently became a Fellow of the college.

Chief Assistant at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 1913–1923

In 1913 he was appointed Chief Assistant at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, filling a vacancy created by the departure of Arthur Eddington to become Plumian Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge.

Spencer Jones's astronomical work extended over a range of subjects. He specialised in positional astronomy, particularly the motion and orientation of the Earth in space. He also studied the motions of stars. He travelled to Minsk in Eastern Europe in 1914 to observe a total solar eclipse, departing during peacetime but returning after the start of the First World War.

Harold Spencer

Harold John Spencer (30 April 1919 – 2003) was an English professional association footballer who played as a wing half. He started his career at Burnley, where he turned professional in 1937. However, he had to wait until the 1946–47 season to make his debut for the Clarets, which came in a 1–1 draw with Coventry City on 31 August 1946. He went on to play a total of four league games for Burnley before moving to Wrexham in July 1950. He spent just one season in Wales and made eleven league appearances for the club.

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Harold Spencer (disambiguation)

Harold Spencer was a footballer.

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Spencer Jones

Spencer Jones may refer to the following:

Spencer Jones (crater)

Spencer Jones is a lunar impact crater on the Moon's far side. It is a roughly circular feature with a rim edge that is only moderately eroded. The inner wall of Spencer Jones is wider than elsewhere. The interior floor is relatively level with a low ridge offset to the south of the midpoint. Attached to the southwestern outer rim is the small satellite crater Spencer Jones Q.

It is named after its discoverer Harold Spencer Jones.

Just over 20 km from Spencer Jones is the slightly smaller crater Papaleksi to the south-southwest. To the northeast lies Anderson.

The crater lies at the southwest margin of the Freundlich-Sharonov Basin.

Satellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Spencer Jones.

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