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THE important announcement has just been made that in the near future there will be established in the vicinity of Toronto an astronomical observatory which will rank with the world's greatest institutions of this kind. It will be erected by Mrs. D. A. Dunlap and her son, D. Moffat Dunlap, as a memorial to the late David A. Dunlap, who died on Oct. 29, 1924, and will be known as the David Dunlap Observatory. Astronomy and geology were both favourite studies of Mr. Dunlap, but the former had a peculiar attraction for him. He was a keen student of the heavens, and always liked to share his knowledge with others. This project has been under consideration for the last five years and will now be brought to completion. In working out the plans, Mrs. Dunlap has had the assistance of Prof. C. A. Chant, head of the Department of Astronomy of the University of Toronto.
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News and Views. Nature 127, 101–106 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/127101a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/127101a0